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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

  1. noun A strong hope or ambition to achieve something, especially something admirable.
  2. noun (medicine) The act of drawing out fluid or tissue from the body using suction, usually through a needle.
  3. noun (phonetics) A puff of breath released after certain consonant sounds.

demand — full definition

  1. noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
  2. noun A firm or urgent request for something, often backed by authority.
  3. verb To ask for something forcefully or as if it were owed.

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