German Simply
There is a German word for the feeling of being completely safe – not just physically, but in your soul.
Not ambition. Not achievement. Something quieter. ππ²π―πΌπΏπ΄π²π»π΅π²πΆπ. ππ¦π£π°π³π¨π¦π― = sheltered, safe, held. π©π¦πͺπ΅ = the suffix that makes it a feeling. The feeling of being held by a place, a person, or a moment – safe in a way that goes beyond physical safety. ππ¦π£π°π³π¨π¦π―π©π¦πͺπ΅ is what you feel when you are with people who know you completely and you need not perform or explain yourself. When a place feels like home not because you grew up there – but because something in you recognised it the moment you arrived. When a language starts feeling familiar – not foreign. English has safe. English has comfort. English has belonging. None of them carry this. ππ¦π£π°π³π¨π¦π―π©π¦πͺπ΅ is what happens when all three arrive at the same time in the same moment without warning. German decided that feeling deserved its own word.
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