Wollust

German

Etymology

From Old High German wolalust, willilust (“lust”), formed from wola (ancestral to modern wohl) + lust (ancestral to modern Lust).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔlʊst/
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Noun

Wollust f (genitive Wollust, plural Wollüste)

lust
(Switzerland, archaic) lustful person

Declension

Declension of Wollust [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wollust	die	Wollüste
genitive	einer	der	Wollust	der	Wollüste
dative	einer	der	Wollust	den	Wollüsten
accusative	eine	die	Wollust	die	Wollüste

Alternative forms

Wohllust (obsolete)

Antonyms

Frigidität

Derived terms

wollüstig

Further reading

“Wollust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Wollust” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Wollust” in Duden online
Wollust on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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