lyst

From Old Danish lyst, lust, from Middle Low German lust, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu. Cognate with English lust and German Lust. A different stem in Old Norse losti.

• IPA^(key):

lyst c (singular definite lysten, plural indefinite lyster)

1. inclination, desire, wish

   Jeg havde ingen lyst til mad, men nødte mig selv til at spise.

   I had no desire for food, but compelled myself to eat.

2. lust, passion (especially of a sexual nature)

   De blev grebet af lyst.

   They were seized by lust.

3. (now uncommon) delight, pleasure, revelry
   • 1833, Christian Molbech, Dansk Ordbog (etc.), page 436:

     ”Til Lyst for mig og Verden gid jeg kunde hensynge saa mit Liv:” C.Frimann.

     "Would that I could, for the delight of myself and the world, thus spend my life in song:" C.Frimann.

• lyste (verb)
• ulyst c

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key):

lyst

1. neuter singular of lys

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key):

lyst

1. past participle of lyse

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key):

lyst

1. (rare) imperative of lyste

From Old Norse lyst, from Middle Low German lust, lüst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Doublet of losti (“lust, desire”).

• IPA^(key): /lɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst
• Homophone: list

lyst f (genitive singular lystar, nominative plural lystir)

1. appetite
2. desire

   Synonym: löngun

• lysta (“to want, to desire”)
• lystarlaus (“lacking appetite, appetiteless”)
• lystarleysi (“lack of appetite”)
• lystarstol (“anorexia”)
• lysthafandi (“interested party”)
• lystugur (“having an appetite; appetising, delectable”)
• matarlyst (“appetite for food”)

• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key):

lyst

1. neuter singular of lys

lyst f or m (definite singular lysta or lysten, indefinite plural lyster, definite plural lystene)

1. desire, wish
2. lust
3. passion, zest
4. delight, pleasure, fun

• lysttur

lyst

1. past participle of lyse

lyst

1. past participle of lysa

lyst

1. neuter singular of lys

• (of noun) lysttur

• IPA^(key): /lyst/

lyst

1. inflection of lystan:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. singular imperative

lyst

1. supine of lysa

lyst

1. past participle of lysa

• sylt