Lust

See also: lust and lušť

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lust, from Old High German lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Cognate with English lust, West Frisian lust, Dutch lust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊst/

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Noun

Lust f (genitive Lust, plural Lüste)

1. (with haben, kriegen) desire; the wish to do or have something [with auf (+ accusative) ‘for something’]

   Synonym: Bock

   Hast du Lust auf Schokolade? ― Would you fancy some chocolate? (literally, “Do you have desire for chocolate?”)

   • 2005 February 28, “Keine Lust”, in Reise, Reise, performed by Rammstein:

     Ich habe keine Lust, mich nicht zu hassen
     Hab keine Lust, mich anzufassen
     Ich hätte Lust zu onanieren
     Hab keine Lust, es zu probieren
     Ich hätte Lust, mich auszuzieh'n
     Hab keine Lust, mich nackt zu seh'n
     Ich hätte Lust mit großen Tieren
     Hab keine Lust, es zu riskieren
     Hab keine Lust, vom Schnee zu geh'n
     Hab keine Lust zu erfrieren

     I have no desire to hate myself
     Have no desire to touch myself
     I would have the desire to masturbate
     Have no desire to try it
     I would have the desire to get undressed
     Have no desire to see myself naked
     I would have desire with large animals
     Have no desire to risk it
     Have no desire to get out of the snow
     Have no desire to freeze

2. satisfaction of desire; pleasure, joy, fun

   Es ist mir eine Lust, wenn ich die Eichhörnchen klettern sehe!

   It’s a joy to me watching those squirrels climbing!

Usage notes

• In both senses, the word may also refer to sexuality, but this association is much less pronounced than in English lust.

Declension

Declension of Lust [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lust	die	Lüste
genitive	einer	der	Lust	der	Lüste
dative	einer	der	Lust	den	Lüsten
accusative	eine	die	Lust	die	Lüste

Antonyms

• Unlust f

Derived terms

• Abenteuerlust
• Kampflust
• Lust haben
• lüstern
• lustig
• Lustmolch
• Lustspiel
• Lusttropfen
• lustvoll
• Wanderlust
• Wollust

Descendants

• → Kashubian: lëszt

See also

• zumute

Further reading

• “Lust”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Lust” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Lust” in Duden online
• Lust on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German lust, from Old High German lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luʃt/

Noun

Lust f (plural List)

1. desire

Derived terms

• lustich

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Lust”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch