gelüsten
German, verb
gelüsten is spelled G-E-L-Ü-S-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelüsten is a German verb meaning “to crave, desire, long for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gelüsten is a different word: “dative plural of Gelüst”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes Verlangen nach etwas haben, Lust auf etwas verspüren”.
What does gelüsten mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto crave, desire, long for
es gelüstet mich nach…
noun
- 1
dative plural of Gelüst
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. großes Verlangen nach etwas haben, Lust auf etwas verspüren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gelüsten
- gelüstet present singular third-person
- gelüstete past
- haben auxiliary
- gelüstend participle present
- es gelüstet indicative present singular
- es gelüste singular subjunctive subjunctive-i
- es gelüstete indicative preterite singular
- es hat gelüstet indicative multiword-construction perfect
- es habe gelüstet multiword-construction perfect singular
- es hatte gelüstet indicative multiword-construction pluperfect
- es hätte gelüstet multiword-construction pluperfect singular
- gelüsten werden future future-i infinitive
- es werde gelüsten future future-i multiword-construction
- es wird gelüsten future future-i indicative
- es würde gelüsten future future-i multiword-construction
- gelüstet haben werden future future-ii infinitive
- es werde gelüstet haben future future-ii multiword-construction
- es wird gelüstet haben future future-ii indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gelüsten in German?
gelüsten appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).