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lust.

desire to do something

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. desire to do something

    common-gender
    känna en stark lust att göra något
    Det är trevligt att ha ett land man kan påta i när lusten faller på

  2. desire to do something to feel like, to want (to do something)

    common-gender
    Jag har lust att spela krocket
    Jag har ingen/inte lust att städa idag

  3. desire to do something to lose one's desire to do something, to lose one's enthusiasm for something

    common-gender
    tappa lusten att träna

  4. sexual desire

    common-gender
    sexlust
    djuriska lustar

  5. joy, delight

    common-gender · dated
    Hon tyckte det var en lust att leva
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse losti (late Old Norse lyst), from Middle Low German lust lüst, lyst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu.

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