çekim: geçmiş sehnte · ortaç gesehnt · şimdiki sehnt · ulaç sehnend
eş: fiebern, herbeisehnen, Sehnsucht haben, von Sehnsucht erfüllt sein, vor Sehnsucht vergehen, wünschen
köken: Uncertain; compare Middle High German senen (“sadness, grief, heartache”). Has been considered a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-, though whether in the "sow (seed)" or "longlasting" sense is unclear.