begeren — meaning in English

English meaning

• covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
• desire verb To want something strongly.
• lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.

Senses

begeren is used for these senses in English:

• covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
• covet (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
• desire To want emotionally or sexually.
• long for (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
• lust (intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

desire — full definition

1. verb To want something strongly.
2. noun A strong feeling of wanting something.

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