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Their believers yearn for God's force; His power alone does not satisfy them; it is too distant and leaves them too free.Seine Anhänger lechzen nach der göttlichen Gewalt. Seine Macht allein genügt ihnen nicht, sie bleibt zu allgemein und fern und überläßt ihnen selber zu vieles.Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und MachtMasse und MachtCanetti, Elias© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
more than one year, but less than five yearnmehr als einem Jahr bis zu fünf Jahrenhttps://www.commerzbank.de 3/22/2012https://www.commerzbank.de 3/22/2012
I told him I had a yearn for you.Ich habe ihm gesagt, daß ich scharf auf dich bin.Mingus, Charles / Beneath the UnderdogMingus, Charles / Beneath The UnderdogBeneath The UnderdogMingus, Charles© 1971 by Charles Mingus und Nel King© fur die deutsche Ausgabe 1980, 2002Beneath the UnderdogMingus, Charles© 1971 by Charles Mingus and Nel King
He was moved by the deepest, most melancholy yearning as he looked at this drawing.-Traugott wurde, diese Zeichnung anschauend, von der tiefsten wehmütigsten Sehnsucht befangen!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.
Beneto could sense the yearning trees even before he drew close.Beneto spürte sie, noch bevor er sie sah.Anderson, Kevin / Hidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin / Das ImperiumDas ImperiumAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire Inc.© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KGHidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
Ever since I awoke to consciousness in the hospital, an unutterable longing, a yearning, which consumes my very heart, for a something which I can neither name nor understand, has continually filled my whole being.Ein unaussprechliches Verlangen, eine mein Innerstes verzehrende Sehnsucht nach einem Etwas, das ich nicht zu nennen, nicht zu denken vermag, hat, seitdem ich im Spital zum Leben erwachte, mein ganzes Wesen erfaßt.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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yearn
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | yearned |
| Imperative | yearn |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | yearning |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | yearned |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I yearn | we yearn |
| you yearn | you yearn |
| he/she/it yearns | they yearn |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am yearning | we are yearning |
| you are yearning | you are yearning |
| he/she/it is yearning | they are yearning |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have yearned | we have yearned |
| you have yearned | you have yearned |
| he/she/it has yearned | they have yearned |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been yearning | we have been yearning |
| you have been yearning | you have been yearning |
| he/she/it has been yearning | they have been yearning |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I yearned | we yearned |
| you yearned | you yearned |
| he/she/it yearned | they yearned |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was yearning | we were yearning |
| you were yearning | you were yearning |
| he/she/it was yearning | they were yearning |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had yearned | we had yearned |
| you had yearned | you had yearned |
| he/she/it had yearned | they had yearned |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been yearning | we had been yearning |
| you had been yearning | you had been yearning |
| he/she/it had been yearning | they had been yearning |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will yearn | we shall/will yearn |
| you will yearn | you will yearn |
| he/she/it will yearn | they will yearn |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be yearning | we shall/will be yearning |
| you will be yearning | you will be yearning |
| he/she/it will be yearning | they will be yearning |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have yearned | we shall/will have yearned |
| you will have yearned | you will have yearned |
| he/she/it will have yearned | they will have yearned |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been yearning | we shall/will have been yearning |
| you will have been yearning | you will have been yearning |
| he/she/it will have been yearning | they will have been yearning |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would yearn | we should/would yearn |
| you would yearn | you would yearn |
| he/she/it would yearn | they would yearn |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be yearning | we should/would be yearning |
| you would be yearning | you would be yearning |
| he/she/it would be yearning | they would be yearning |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have yearned | we should/would have yearned |
| you would have yearned | you would have yearned |
| he/she/it would have yearned | they would have yearned |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been yearning | we should/would have been yearning |
| you would have been yearning | you would have been yearning |
| he/she/it would have been yearning | they would have been yearning |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am yearned | we are yearned |
| you are yearned | you are yearned |
| he/she/it is yearned | they are yearned |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being yearned | we are being yearned |
| you are being yearned | you are being yearned |
| he/she/it is being yearned | they are being yearned |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been yearned | we have been yearned |
| you have been yearned | you have been yearned |
| he/she/it has been yearned | they have been yearned |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was yearned | we were yearned |
| you were yearned | you were yearned |
| he/she/it was yearned | they were yearned |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being yearned | we were being yearned |
| you were being yearned | you were being yearned |
| he/she/it was being yearned | they were being yearned |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been yearned | we had been yearned |
| you had been yearned | you had been yearned |
| he/she/it had been yearned | they had been yearned |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be yearned | we shall/will be yearned |
| you will be yearned | you will be yearned |
| he/she/it will be yearned | they will be yearned |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been yearned | we shall/will have been yearned |
| you will have been yearned | you will have been yearned |
| he/she/it will have been yearned | they will have been yearned |