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Wüste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • desert noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  • desolation noun A state of complete emptiness or ruin, often after destruction.
  • wasteland noun An area of land that is barren, ruined, or has no useful resources.
  • wilderness noun A wild, natural area with no human settlement or cultivation.

Senses

Wüste is used for these senses in English:

  • desert Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
  • desolation A place or country wasted and forsaken.
  • wasteland A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
  • wilderness (uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

desert — full definition

  1. noun A large, dry area of land with little rainfall, vegetation, or water, often sandy or rocky.
  2. verb To abandon a place, person, or duty, especially when you had promised or were obligated to stay.
  3. noun What someone deserves, whether reward or punishment (usually in the phrase "just deserts").

desolation — full definition

  1. noun A state of complete emptiness or ruin, often after destruction.
  2. noun A deep feeling of sadness and hopelessness.

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