gelüsten
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), gelusten, glusten, from Old High German gilusten, from Proto-West Germanic *galustijan, equivalent to ge- + lüsten. Cognate with Middle Low German gelüsten, Middle Dutch gelusten, Saterland Frisian gelustje, Old English ġelystan (“to please, desire, like”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈlʏstn̩/
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Verb
gelüsten (weak, third-person singular present gelüstet, past tense gelüstete, past participle gelüstet, auxiliary haben)
- (dated, impersonal) to crave, desire, long for
- Synonym: begehren
- es gelüstet mich nach… ― I long for…
- 1819, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Schenke”, in West-östlicher Divan:
- Sieh, das nennen wir ein Schwänchen, / Wie's dem satten Gast gelüstet; / Dieses bring ich meinem Schwane, / Der sich auf den Wellen brüstet.
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Conjugation
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