Definition
The feeling of wanting to do or have something.
Translations
- English
- desire
- Français
- envie
- Türkçe
- istek
- Polski
- ochota
- Русский
- желание
- Українська
- бажання
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Lust
- A2
- Noun
- Emotions & Personality
desire
/diː ˈlʊst/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Emotions & PersonalityPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Lust ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “desire”.
- Der Text nennt die Lust.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “desire”.
- Der Text handelt von der Lust.DativSing.The text is about “desire”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Lust/lʊst/
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Article phrase
die Lust/diː ˈlʊst/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Lust | — |
| Akkusativ | die Lust | — |
| Dativ | der Lust | — |
| Genitiv | der Lust | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationLust haben
- Sentence patternIch habe Lust zu reisen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymWunsch
- Semantically relatedInteresse
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word