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Is there any word or phrase to describe that nagging feeling you get when feels like you have forgotten something?

Edit : German words are welcome too! Edie Edit : i see this question has been asked here before, but i dont find any of the answers satisfactory, i m moving this to German SE

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  • Was the German word from Big Bang theory in usage in English? It can easily be absolved into English.
    – jimjim
    Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 8:47
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    Pretty sure this question's been asked before (but too lazy to look it up).
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 8:49
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    @JEL The question looked so familiar. That's why...
    – user140086
    Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 8:58

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If I'm reading you correctly, the idiom the back of one's mind could work:

Used to express that something is in one’s mind but is not consciously thought of or remembered
she had a little nagging worry at the back of her mind

(www.oxforddictionaries.com)

...it is only a nagging worry at the back of my mind, like something I know I should remember but have forgotten to do, and even that fades to nothingness.

(Google Books)

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Consider, draw a blank

Fail to find or remember something, as in He looks familiar but I've drawn a blank on his name. This expression alludes to drawing a lottery ticket with nothing on it (so one cannot win a prize). [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms

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