Wüste
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German wüeste, from Old High German wuostī, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄. Equivalent to wüst + -e. Also merged with Middle High German wüestene, from Old High German wuostin, *wuostinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini (through regular reduction of feminines in -en(e) to -e, compare Küche etc.). The latter is cognate with Dutch woestijn.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wüste f (genitive Wüste, plural Wüsten)
- desert
- wilderness, waste, wasteland
- 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):
- O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,
weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!
In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,
fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.- Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
flee far away from the foe!
Into the wilderness I would then hasten,
and find repose in a shadowy place.
- Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
- 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):
Declension
Declension of Wüste
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Further reading
- “Wüste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wüste” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wüste” in Duden online
Wüste on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
