See also: Lustig

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

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

Inflection edit

Inflection 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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: loestig, lostig

Adverb edit

lustig

  1. eagerly, readily

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊstɪç/, IPA(key): /ˈlʊstɪk/ (Southern Germany, Austria)
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Adjective edit

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.

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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

German Low German edit

Etymology edit

From Lust.

Adjective edit

lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

  1. funny
  2. enjoyable

Declension edit

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lustig (comparative lustigare, superlative lustigast)

  1. comically amusing; funny, comical
  2. strange, odd

Usage notes edit

Closer to "comically amusing" than "laugh-out-loud funny" in (sense 1). "Funny" often feels too strong (while "amusing" or "comical" often sound weird as translations).

Declension edit

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

Derived terms edit

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