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Wüste

See also: wüste

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wüeste, from Old High German wuostī, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄. Equivalent to wüst +‎ -e. Also merged with Middle High German wüestene, from Old High German wuostin, *wuostinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini (through regular reduction of feminines in -en(e) to -e, compare Küche etc.). The latter is cognate with Dutch woestijn.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvyːstə/
  • Hyphenation: Wü‧ste
  • Hyphenation: Wüs‧te
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Noun edit

Wüste f (genitive Wüste, plural Wüsten)

  1. desert
  2. wilderness, waste, wasteland
    • 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):
      O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,
      weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!
      In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,
      fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.
      Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
      flee far away from the foe!
      Into the wilderness I would then hasten,
      and find repose in a shadowy place.

Declension edit

Declension of Wüste [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wüste die Wüsten
genitive einer der Wüste der Wüsten
dative einer der Wüste den Wüsten
accusative eine die Wüste die Wüsten

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