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Ferne
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ferne
German
Etymology
From de fern. Compare nds Feren, dative, as in in sikerer Feren and in rhyme to Steren (pl.).
Pronunciation
de /ˈfɛʁnə/
de De-Ferne.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
distance
de in der Ferne in the distance
13 Und dann war plötzlich ein rastloses Sehnen über sie gekommen, und mit unwiderstehlicher Gewalt hatte es sie aus der Ferne hierher zurückgezogen in das Haus, wo das Glück einst wohnte. And then she had suddenly been overcome by a restless longing, and with irresistible force she had been drawn back out of the distance here into the house where the happiness once lived.
de in the plural distant lands
future, past
Declension
f
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