In German there is a word Heimweh (from Heim, which stands for home. It means nostalgy for the home, longing for the home, country, homesickness), and
a word Fernweh, it’s antonym, which means longing for far-off places, desire to travel.
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ß letter evolution
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Afaik ß letter, “scharfes S” is not used in Switzerland, because they wanted to have a one standard typewriter for three main languages of the confederation. (: That’s interesting, how technology affects and sometimes even shapes aesthetics and even orthography.
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