What does “schweren Herzens” mean in German?

A family is packing up in Munich to fly back to Brazil. They like it here, their daughter has friends, and saying goodbye hurts. So one of them says they’ll part “schweren Herzens” — heavy-hearted, sad about it but doing it anyway. It marks the feeling: you go through with something that pulls at you. Hear this and you catch the quiet weight under a calm, polite goodbye.

In the clip: “Trotzdem werden wir natürlich schweren Herzens voneinander Abschied nehmen.” — “Still, of course, we’ll say goodbye to each other with a heavy heart.” You use “schweren Herzens” before a verb, for an action that makes you sad but that you still do: - “Schweren Herzens habe ich mein altes Auto verkauft.” — Heavy-hearted, I sold my old car. - “Wir haben das Haus schweren Herzens verlassen.” — We left the house with a heavy heart. - “Schweren Herzens sagte sie Ja.” — She said yes, though it was hard. It’s a fixed phrase, so the two words stay in this form. It often pairs with goodbyes, hard choices, or letting something go.