sehnen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- 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.
- 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.
- pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
Senses
sehnen is used for these senses in English:
- covet (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
- crave (ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
- languish (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]
- long (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
- longing An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
- lust (intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
- pine (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
crave — full definition
- verb To have an intense desire for something, especially food, comfort, or attention.
- verb Formal: to ask for something earnestly, especially from someone with authority.