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otroquatrotipo t1_jdh0w6i wrote

Reply to comment by Abrahamlinkenssphere in PsBattle: This train surrounded by flooded lands by C_Hawk14

There has to be a German word for a sense of loss for a place that never existed

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zatch16 t1_jdhckpn wrote

Natsukashii is usually referenced as the Japanese term

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MatNomis t1_jdhmjvt wrote

I thought that mapped more or less 1:1 with nostalgia/fondness. But they seem to be hunting for a word that means “nostalgia for something only imagined”.. Something maybe more like “fake deja vu”.

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Lt_Schneider t1_jdh3oqy wrote

i can't think of one right of the bat

i mean, i could just invent the word "Traumplatzverlust" loss of a dream place but that's not exactly the same

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