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a German loanword for the itch that no map ever fully scratches.
literal meaningGerman for desire to hike or wander
newer rivalFernweh means farsickness, the ache for elsewhere
possible geneDRD4-7R variant linked to restless novelty-seeking
first English useborrowed into English around 1902
oppositeheimweh, the German word for homesickness