Weltschmerz

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɛltˌʃmɛːts/|/-ˌʃmɜːts/    美 /ˈvɛltˌʃmɝts/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness. uncountable
    — And in this respect [Ludwig] Uhland presents a marked and useful contrast to the lackadaisical, sentimental, Weltschmerz school, the poets of which trade on their own pretended misery, and, cunningly enough, suggest that their poems must be touching and true in proportion as the authors set themselves forth as peculiarly skilled in bitterness of heart and badness of life.

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old High German wëralt
Middle High German wërlt
German Welt
Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-der.
Proto-Germanic *smertaną
Proto-West Germanic *smertan
Old High German smerza
Middle High German smerze
German Schmerz
German Weltschmerzbor.
English Weltschmerz
Borrowed from German Weltschmerz, from Welt (“world”) + Schmerz (“physical ache, pain; emotional pain, heartache, sorrow”). The German word was coined by the author Jean Paul (1763–1825) in his novel Selina (posthumously published in 1827).
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