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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lustich. Equivalent to lust +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʏs.təx/
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  • Hyphenation: lus‧tig
  • Rhymes: -ʏstəx

Adjective

lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

  1. eager, with pleasure and readiness
  2. lively, eager, vivacious
  3. lustful, lewd
  4. (archaic) craving
  5. (dated) happy, humorous

Declension

Declension of lustig
uninflected lustig
inflected lustige
comparative lustiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lustig lustiger het lustigst
het lustigste
indefinite m./f. sing. lustige lustigere lustigste
n. sing. lustig lustiger lustigste
plural lustige lustigere lustigste
definite lustige lustigere lustigste
partitive lustigs lustigers

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: lustig
  • Negerhollands: loestig, lostig

Adverb

lustig

  1. eagerly, readily

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lustec, related to Lust (pleasure, joy; wish).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lustig (strong nominative masculine singular lustiger, comparative lustiger, superlative am lustigsten)

  1. funny, humorous
    Synonyms: komisch, witzig
    Antonym: unlustig
    Der Film war lustig.The film was funny.
  2. (chiefly colloquial) enjoyable, amusing, fun
    Synonyms: unterhaltsam, amüsant, vergnügt, heiter
    Antonyms: langweilig, unlustig
    Der Abend war lustig.The night was fun.

Declension

Further reading

  • lustig” in Duden online
  • lustig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Lust.

Adjective

lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

  1. funny
  2. enjoyable

Declension

Swedish

The Rock tycker något är lustigt

Pronunciation

Adjective

lustig (comparative lustigare, superlative lustigast)

  1. comically amusing; funny, fun, comical
    en lustig figur
    a funny fella
  2. strange, peculiar
    ett lustigt sammanträffande
    a funny coincidence
    Han är lite lustig, den där snubben
    He's a bit funny (strange), that guy

Usage notes

Closer to "comically amusing" than "laugh-out-loud funny" in (sense 1), perhaps provoking a smirk or a chuckle. "Funny" often feels too strong (while "amusing" or "comical" often sound weird as translations).

Declension

Inflection of lustig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lustig lustigare lustigast
neuter singular lustigt lustigare lustigast
plural lustiga lustigare lustigast
masculine plural2 lustige lustigare lustigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 lustige lustigare lustigaste
all lustiga lustigare lustigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

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