Wanderlust
See also: wanderlust
English
Noun
Wanderlust (countable and uncountable, plural Wanderlusts)
- Alternative letter-case form of wanderlust
- 1912, Robert W[illiam] Service, “The Wanderlust”, in Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, OCLC 17429753, stanza 1, page 123:
- The Wanderlust has lured me to the seven lonely seas, / Has dumped me on the tailing-piles of dearth; / The Wanderlust has haled me from the morris chairs of ease, / Has hurled me to the ends of all the earth.
- 1932, August C[arl] Mahr, “Introduction”, in The Visit of the “Rurik” to San Francisco in 1816 (Stanford University Publications, University Series ; History, Economics, and Political Science; volume II, number 2), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, OCLC 651367948, pages 17–18:
- Apart from a visit to Paris in 1825 he [Adelbert von Chamisso] enjoyed the peace of his home and of his study at Berlin until the hour of his death without any further visitations of Wanderlust.
- 1937 April, “New Publications in the Leisure Time Field”, in Recreation, volume XXXI, number 1, New York, N.Y.: National Recreation Association, OCLC 777922591, page 55, column 1:
- If you find yourself suffering from an attack of Wanderlust, this is the book for you!
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German
Etymology
From wandern (“to hike/wander”) + Lust (“joy”).
Noun
Wanderlust f (genitive Wanderlust, no plural)
- wanderlust; the urge to travel, the love of the "great outdoors"
Declension
Declension of Wanderlust [sg-only, feminine]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Wanderlust |
| genitive | einer | der | Wanderlust |
| dative | einer | der | Wanderlust |
| accusative | eine | die | Wanderlust |
Related terms
- wanderlustig
See also
- Fernweh
Further reading
- “Wanderlust” in Duden online