See also: Lustig

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

  1. eager, with pleasure and readiness
  2. lively, eager, vivacious
  3. lustful, lewd
  4. (archaic) craving [with naar ‘for’]
  5. (dated) happy, humorous

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: lustig
  • Negerhollands: loestig, lostig

Adverb

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lustig

  1. eagerly, readily

German

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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.

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Further reading

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

German Low German

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Etymology

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From Lust.

Adjective

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lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

  1. funny
  2. enjoyable

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Swedish

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The Rock tycker något är lustigt [The Rock thinks something is funny / comically amusing]

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Inflection of lustig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lustig lustigare lustigast
Neuter singular lustigt lustigare lustigast
Plural lustiga lustigare lustigast
Masculine plural3 lustige lustigare lustigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lustige lustigare lustigaste
All lustiga lustigare lustigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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