Verlangen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aspiration noun A strong hope or ambition to achieve something, especially something admirable.
- demand noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
- exhort verb To urge; to advise earnestly.
- hanker verb To crave, want or desire.
- jones noun Slang for heroin.
- longing noun A strong, often wistful desire for something.
- lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.
- mind noun The part of a person responsible for thought, awareness, memory, and reasoning.
- pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
- yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.
Senses
Verlangen is used for these senses in English:
- aspiration The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- demand To request forcefully.
- exhort To urge; to advise earnestly.
- hanker To crave, want or desire.
- jones (US, slang) An addiction or intense craving.
- long for (transitive) To miss (someone).
- longing An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
- lust (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
aspiration — full definition
- noun A strong hope or ambition to achieve something, especially something admirable.
- noun (medicine) The act of drawing out fluid or tissue from the body using suction, usually through a needle.
- noun (phonetics) A puff of breath released after certain consonant sounds.
demand — full definition
- noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
- noun A firm or urgent request for something, often backed by authority.
- verb To ask for something forcefully or as if it were owed.