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lysten
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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived from lyst (“desire, lust”) or maybe a conversion of lystende, the present participle of lyste (“to feel like, want, wish”).
Adjective
lysten
- lascivious, lustful
- voluptuous (suggestive of or characterized by full, generous, pleasurable sensation)
Usage notes
A loosely related morpheme -lysten exists in compounds, and has the meaning "with great desire to do or achieve something", e.g. eventyrlysten (“adventurous”) and stridslysten (“eager to fight”).
Inflection
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Synonyms
- liderlig
- vellystig
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
lysten c
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Alternative forms
Noun
lysten m or f
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish lyste, from Old Swedish lust (“lust”). Compare Danish lysten and German lüstern.
Adjective
lysten (comparative lystnare, superlative lystnast)
Declension
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
- danslysten
- debattlysten
- diskussionslysten
- experimentlysten
- giftaslysten
- hämndlysten
- härsklysten
- kamplysten
- karriärlysten
- kritiklysten
- köplysten
- leklysten
- läslysten
- maktlysten
- mordlysten
- napplysten
- njutningslysten
- nöjeslysten
- oppositionslysten
- praktlysten
- pratlysten
- processlysten
- profitlysten
- reslysten
- revanschlysten
- rovlysten
- sensationslysten
- skandallysten
- skrattlysten
- skvallerlysten
- skämtlysten
- spänningslysten
- stridslysten
- trätlysten
- utvidgningslysten
- vinningslysten
- ärelysten
- äventyrslysten
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