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All the sweet sadness,—the pain, longing, and sense of the supernatural,—of a heart torn by hopeless love are in the words of this beautiful poem.Alle süße Schwermut, aller Schmerz, alle Sehnsucht, alle geisterhafte Ahnung des von hoffnungsloser Liebe zerrissenen Herzens liegt in den Worten dieses herrlichen Gedichts.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
As I have already explained, for weeks after a project I feel a heightened awareness — a mixture of excitement and longing — which I still have not learned to cope with.Wie schon gesagt, in den Wochen danach bin ich immer überempfindlich, es ist eine Mischung aus Erregung und Heimweh, ich habe noch immer nicht gelernt, damit umzugehen.Nooteboom, Cees / Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees / Paradies verlorenParadies verlorenNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 2004© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2005Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 2004© Susan Massotty 2007
The longing it brought, and the desire.Die Sehnsucht, die es brachte, und die Lust.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
' Yes,' said Theodore. ' And my longing sighs for Italy form a good-enough introduction to what there remains for me to say.»So ist es in der Tat«, erwiderte Theodor: »und meine sehnsüchtigen Stoßseufzer nach dem herrlichen Lande leiten sehr gut das ein, was ich noch zu erzählen habe.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
After a few minutes, it starts to have an effect, and I feel a longing that I can't put into words, but that I know will be part of me forever.Nach wenigen Minuten beginnt es zu wirken, ich spüre eine Sehnsucht, für die ich keine Worte habe und von der ich weiß, sie wird für immer zu mir gehören.Nooteboom, Cees / Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees / Paradies verlorenParadies verlorenNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 2004© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2005Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 2004© Susan Massotty 2007
I shall die a happier death afar from her—the sweet death of longing.Sterb ich denn nicht fern von ihr den schöneren süßeren Tod der Sehnsucht?Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Zaphia, longing for a second child, finally goaded him into seeing his doctor.Zaphia, die sich nach einem zweiten Kind sehnte, brachte ihn endlich dazu, einen Arzt aufzusuchen.Archer, Jeffrey / Kane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey / Kain und AbelKain und AbelArcher, Jeffrey© 2004 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch Gladbach© 1979 by Jeffrey ArcherKane And AbelArcher, Jeffrey© 1979 by Jeffrey Archer
And as those tones streamed clearer and clearer, his heart throbbed with sweet anticipation and ineffable longing.Und als die Töne heller und heller strahlten, bebte ihm die Brust vor süßer Ahnung und unaussprechlicher Sehnsucht.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Felizitas! beautful, beloved being ! how you stretch out your longing arms to me!- 0 Felizitas, Felizitas! -holde Geliebte - wie streckst du so sehnend die Arme nach mir aus!Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
And then that beautiful magic child came back to my memory, bright and glorious, as you saw it yourselves ; and the same longing which filled your breasts came to mine too. But it is breaking my heart!Da ist denn auch das holde Zauberkind so glänzend und herrlich wie ihr es geschaut habt, mir in den Sinn gekommen und dieselbe Sehnsucht von der ihr ergriffen, erfüllt meine Brust, aber sie wird mir das Herz zerreißen!Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
And Christlieb, who had been contemplating the boxes with longing eyes even while her clothes were being changed, thought that that would be a good thing to do first, and that it would be plenty of time to go to the wood afterwards.So sprach die Mutter und Christlieb, die schon während des Ausziehens die Schachteln mit neugierigen Augen betrachtet hatte, meinte, daß das wohl erst geschehen könne, nachher sei es ja wohl noch Zeit genug in den Wald zu laufen.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
I told her that you had been in the gondola, disguised; that you were dying of love and longing, and that I should bring you to her at once.Ich sags ihr unverhohlen, daß du verkleidet bei ihr warst in der Gondel, daß ich dich, der vor Liebe und Sehnsucht verschmachtet, nun ungesäumt zu ihr bringen würde.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
They're made of nothing but longing, Meggie.Sie sind aus nichts als Sehnsucht gemacht, Meggie.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
All passions contend together, shimmering in bright armour, and then merge and sink into an ineffable longing which fills our being.Alle Leidenschaften kämpfen schimmernd und glanzvoll gerüstet miteinander, und gehen unter in einer unaussprechlichen Sehnsucht, die unsere Brust erfüllt.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
"Alas! he felt he was but an unknown, unnoticed stranger, standing there on the doorstep miserable, comfortless, alone—and he wished he had died before he saw Ulla, as he now must perish for love and longing.Aber dann fühlte er sich, auf der Türschwelle stehend, ein unbeachteter Fremdling, elend, trostlos, verlassen und wünschte, er sei gestorben ehe er Ulla Dahlsjö geschaut, da er doch nun vergehen müsse in Liebe und Sehnsucht.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
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Collocations
sexual longing
sexuelles Verlangen
miles long
kilometerlang
long position
Hausse-Position
long-reach pruning shears
Astschere
long-reach pruner
Astschere
long-reach pruning shears
Baumschere
long reach C-clamp
Bügel-Gripzange
long-lasting
dauerhaft
long-flame coal
Gasflammkohle
long lay rope
Gleichschlagseil
very-long-baseline interferometry
Interferometrie mit sehr großer Basislänge
long frame-saw saw blade
Langblattsägewerkzeug
long saw blade
Langblattsägewerkzeug
long-wire aerial
Langdrahtantenne
long-wire antenna
Langdrahtantenne
Word forms
long
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | longed |
| Imperative | long |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | longing |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | longed |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I long | we long |
| you long | you long |
| he/she/it longs | they long |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am longing | we are longing |
| you are longing | you are longing |
| he/she/it is longing | they are longing |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have longed | we have longed |
| you have longed | you have longed |
| he/she/it has longed | they have longed |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been longing | we have been longing |
| you have been longing | you have been longing |
| he/she/it has been longing | they have been longing |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I longed | we longed |
| you longed | you longed |
| he/she/it longed | they longed |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was longing | we were longing |
| you were longing | you were longing |
| he/she/it was longing | they were longing |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had longed | we had longed |
| you had longed | you had longed |
| he/she/it had longed | they had longed |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been longing | we had been longing |
| you had been longing | you had been longing |
| he/she/it had been longing | they had been longing |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will long | we shall/will long |
| you will long | you will long |
| he/she/it will long | they will long |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be longing | we shall/will be longing |
| you will be longing | you will be longing |
| he/she/it will be longing | they will be longing |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have longed | we shall/will have longed |
| you will have longed | you will have longed |
| he/she/it will have longed | they will have longed |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been longing | we shall/will have been longing |
| you will have been longing | you will have been longing |
| he/she/it will have been longing | they will have been longing |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would long | we should/would long |
| you would long | you would long |
| he/she/it would long | they would long |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be longing | we should/would be longing |
| you would be longing | you would be longing |
| he/she/it would be longing | they would be longing |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have longed | we should/would have longed |
| you would have longed | you would have longed |
| he/she/it would have longed | they would have longed |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been longing | we should/would have been longing |
| you would have been longing | you would have been longing |
| he/she/it would have been longing | they would have been longing |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am longed | we are longed |
| you are longed | you are longed |
| he/she/it is longed | they are longed |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being longed | we are being longed |
| you are being longed | you are being longed |
| he/she/it is being longed | they are being longed |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been longed | we have been longed |
| you have been longed | you have been longed |
| he/she/it has been longed | they have been longed |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was longed | we were longed |
| you were longed | you were longed |
| he/she/it was longed | they were longed |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being longed | we were being longed |
| you were being longed | you were being longed |
| he/she/it was being longed | they were being longed |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been longed | we had been longed |
| you had been longed | you had been longed |
| he/she/it had been longed | they had been longed |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be longed | we shall/will be longed |
| you will be longed | you will be longed |
| he/she/it will be longed | they will be longed |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been longed | we shall/will have been longed |
| you will have been longed | you will have been longed |
| he/she/it will have been longed | they will have been longed |
longing
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | longing | longings |
| Possessive case | longing's | longings' |