Appetit
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French apetit or directly from its source, Late Latin appetītus (“attack; striving, desire; appetite”), a fourth-declension noun derived from Latin appetō (“to assail; to strive after”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Appetit m (strong, genitive Appetites or Appetits, no plural)
- appetite
- 1922, Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkünstler, in: Die neue Rundschau, year 33, October issue, S. Fischer Verlag, page 985:
- Am glücklichsten aber war er, wenn dann der Morgen kam, und ihnen auf seine Rechnung ein überreiches Frühstück gebracht wurde, auf das sie sich warfen mit dem Appetit gesunder Männer nach einer mühevoll durchwachten Nacht.
- But he was the happiest when then the morning came, and an abundant breakfast was brought to them on his expense, at which they threw themselves with the appetite of healthy men after a night having arduously stayed awake.
- 1922, Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkünstler, in: Die neue Rundschau, year 33, October issue, S. Fischer Verlag, page 985:
Declension
[edit]Declension of Appetit [sg-only, masculine, strong]
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