Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Fernweh To have a yearning to see distant places German travel thinking
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance German adverse attribute interaction
Fuchsteufelswütend Literal: 'Fox devil angry'; steaming with rage German adverse stress emotion
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
Bildung education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. German cultural
Krawattenmuffel Someone who'd rather not wear a tie German clothing habits
Frischluftfanatiker literal translation: fresh air fanatic; referring to a person who tends to keep the windows open to get fresh air, even in winter or someone who always tries to be outside in the open air German nature
Zugzwang To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage German action interaction philosophy
Schnapsdrossel A person that drinks a lot but rarely gets drunk German food habits
Verschlimmbesserung An attempt at improvement that makes things worse than they already were German adverse
Packesel The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip German travel physical
Lebensmüde Weary of life German adverse life stress
Wegbier A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) German friends event food
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Fahrvergnügen The love of simply driving German adventure happiness
Pantoffelheld Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife German family interaction
Glückspilz A lucky person ("lucky mushroom") German positive
Konfliktfähigkeit the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. German growth
Drachenfutter A gift to your significant other as a form of apology German love feeling
Kabelsalat Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" German funny physical
Verpeilt Regularly forgetting things and not being in the present moment enough to organize your life properly German adverse awareness
Strohwitwer "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. German family adverse
Tüddelig Sweet, elderly, and senile German character
Innerer Schweinehund Literal: 'Inner pig dog'; the lazy voice in your head. It symbolizes the part of you that doesn’t want to go jogging, that prefers staying at home with chocolate and pizza and is just generally lazy. German feeling life health
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness




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