Unheimlich
[ˈʊnhaɪ̯mlɪç]
Related terms: Ghost Acreage, Habitat, Heim (German), Heimat (German), Heimlich (German), Ruin
Heim (DE) ≈ home, shelter
Heimat (DE) ≈ home(land), heartland
heimlich (DE) ≈ secretly
heimisch (DE) ≈ homey, domestic
Heimlichkeit (DE) ≈ secrecy
heimelig (DE) ≈ familiar, cozy
unheimlich (DE) ≈ unfamiliar, ghostly, uncanny, eerie
Habitats that were once taken for granted are rapidly transforming in the New Climatic Regime: the spirit of the once-familiar – das Unheimliche – haunts the ruined landscapes.