lustig

See also: Lustig

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Inflection of lustig
uninflected lustig
inflected lustige
comparative lustiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lustiglustigerhet lustigst
het lustigste
indefinite m./f. sing. lustigelustigerelustigste
n. sing. lustiglustigerlustigste
plural lustigelustigerelustigste
definite lustigelustigerelustigste
partitive lustigslustigers

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: loestig, lostig

Adverb

lustig

  1. eagerly, readily

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Further reading

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

German Low German

Etymology

From Lust.

Adjective

lustig (comparative lustiger, superlative lustigst)

  1. funny
  2. enjoyable

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lustig (comparative lustigare, superlative lustigast)

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

Usage notes

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

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

References

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