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begehren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concupiscence noun A strong desire, especially a sexual one.
  • 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.
  • hanker verb To have a strong wish for something.
  • love verb To feel deep affection or care for someone or something.
  • lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.
  • request verb To ask for something, often politely or formally.

Senses

begehren is used for these senses in English:

  • concupiscence An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
  • 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.
  • hanker To crave, want or desire.
  • long for (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
  • love (usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
  • lust (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.

concupiscence — full definition

  1. noun A strong desire, especially a sexual one.
  2. noun (religion) The pull of a person's lower appetite, against reason, that makes them likely to feel temptation and give in to sin.
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