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German
Etymology
From Middle High German lechezen, an intensive form of Middle High German lechen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛçt͡sn̩/
- Hyphenation: lech‧zen
Verb
lechzen (weak, third-person singular present lechzt, past tense lechzte, past participle gelechzt, auxiliary haben)
- to crave , to drool
- Synonyms: heftig verlangen, gierig verlangen
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 107:Er kann Kraft, Schönheit, Fülle an ihnen bewundern, aber darf keine Verdienste darin finden: der chemische Process und der Streit der Elemente, die Qual des Kranken, der nach Genesung lechzt, sind ebensowenig Verdienste, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
lechzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
lechzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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