verlangen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anxiety noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
- covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
- crave verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
- desire verb To want something strongly.
- entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
- hunger noun The physical need or desire to eat.
- languish verb To gradually lose strength, vitality, or spirit, especially over a long period of neglect or hardship.
- long adjective Measuring a great distance from end to end.
- longing noun A strong, often wistful desire for something.
- lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.
- yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.
- yen noun The official currency of Japan, symbol ¥.
Senses
verlangen is used for these senses in English:
- ache for To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
- anxiety An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
- covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
- desire (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- desire (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- desire To want; to wish for earnestly.
- desire To want emotionally or sexually.
anxiety — full definition
- noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
- noun (medical) A diagnosable disorder marked by chronic, excessive worry that interferes with daily life.