This week’s theme
Words borrowed from German & Hawaiian

This week’s words
Sehnsucht
lei
verstehen
kapu
wissenschaft

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PRONUNCIATION:

(fuhr-SHTAY-uhn)

MEANING:

noun: The use of empathy in understanding human actions and behavior, especially in interpreting sociological or historical events.

ETYMOLOGY:

From German verstehen (to understand). Earliest documented use: 1934.

USAGE:

“As a statistician, she had no background or interest in verstehen, and Waldemar had little interest in her.”
Werner Cohn; Early Companions; iUniverse; 2005.

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