gelüsten
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Etymology
From Middle High German gelüsten, 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
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
| perfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hat gelüstet | — | es habe gelüstet | — | ||
| pluperfect | |||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hatte gelüstet | — | es hätte gelüstet | — | ||
| future i | |||||
| infinitive | gelüsten werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde gelüsten | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird gelüsten | — | es würde gelüsten | — | ||
| future ii | |||||
| infinitive | gelüstet haben werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde gelüstet haben | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird gelüstet haben | — | es würde gelüstet haben | — | ||
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