lüstern

[ˈlʏstɐn]

/[ˈlʏstɐn]/ adj

The verdict

“lüstern” is uncommon German (frequency #97,348 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,348
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - begierig nach etwas

Corpus desk

Index DE-lustern · lüstern · German

lüstern · rank #97,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,348
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lügde

Nearest frequency peer: Lügde (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „lüstern“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „lüstern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lüstern
PropertyValue
Headwordlüstern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈlʏstɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „lüstern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.lüsternfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lügde“ (#97,347), „Lärmpegel“ (#97,346), „Ländchen“ (#97,345). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „lüstern“ bei #97,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lüstern is uncommon German at frequency #97,348 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlʏstɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lüstern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is lüstern, spelled L-Ü-S-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    begierig nach etwas
  2. 2
    begierig nach sexuellen Handlungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lüstern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Also: die Frau ist naschhaft, immer lüstern nach Sensationen und zu Sinnlichkeit aufgelegt, der Grausamkeit nicht abgeneigt, hysterisch, begeisterte Lügnerin, eifersüchtig noch auf den Mann, den sie nicht mehr liebt, mäßig begabt im Geiste und für theoretische und zarte Probleme gänzlich ohne Interesse (nur Neulinge langweilen sie damit, Erfahrenere gehe…
  2. „Lüstern nach Erfolg bei den Frauen und stets geneigt, eine flüchtige Grille wie eine ernste Leidenschaft anzusehen, brauchte er nur in die Hände gewisser Charaktere zu fallen, um zu den äußersten Unbesonnenheiten verlockt zu werden.“

Antonyms

unlüstern

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lüstern"?
"lüstern" is spelled L-Ü-S-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlʏstɐn].
What does "lüstern" mean?
As an adjective, "lüstern" means: begierig nach etwas
How do you pronounce "lüstern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lüstern" is [ˈlʏstɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lüstern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lüstern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list