"Wüste" meaning in All languages combined

See Wüste on Wiktionary

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈvyːstə/ Audio: De-Wüste.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German wüeste, from Old High German wuostī, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄. Equivalent to wüst + -e. Also merged with Middle High German wüestene, from Old High German wuostin, *wuostinna, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini (through regular reduction of feminines in -en(e) to -e, compare Küche etc.). The latter is cognate with Dutch woestijn. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wüeste}} Middle High German wüeste, {{inh|de|goh|wuostī}} Old High German wuostī, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*wōstį̄}} Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄, {{affix|de|wüst|-e}} wüst + -e, {{m+|gmh|wüestene}} Middle High German wüestene, {{m+|goh|wuostin}} Old High German wuostin, {{m+|gmw-pro|*wōstini}} Proto-West Germanic *wōstini, {{cog|nl|woestijn}} Dutch woestijn Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Wüste f (genitive Wüste, plural Wüsten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Wüste [genitive], Wüsten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Wüste [nominative, singular], Wüsten [definite, nominative, plural], Wüste [genitive, singular], Wüsten [definite, genitive, plural], Wüste [dative, singular], Wüsten [dative, definite, plural], Wüste [accusative, singular], Wüsten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. desert Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Wüste-de-noun-I3qzNlhC Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Deserts, Landforms Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -e: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Deserts: 83 17 Disambiguation of Landforms: 73 27
  2. wilderness, waste, wasteland Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Wüste-de-noun-bYLtgtyI Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -e: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Betonwüste, Felswüste, Halbwüste, Regenwüste, Salzwüste, Sandwüste, Schlammwüste, Staubwüste, Steinwüste, Trockenwüste
Related terms: verwüsten, wüst, Wüstenei, Wüstenfuchs, wüstenhaft, Wüstenklima, Wüstenpflanze, Wüstenrennmaus, Wüstenritt, Wüstensand, Wüstenschiff, Wüstensohn, Wüstenstaat, Wüstensteppe, Wüstentier, Wüstung

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "word": "Halbwüste"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Regenwüste"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Salzwüste"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Sandwüste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schlammwüste"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Staubwüste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Steinwüste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Trockenwüste"
    }
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          "english": "Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,\nflee far away from the foe!\nInto the wilderness I would then hasten,\nand find repose in a shadowy place.",
          "ref": "1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation)",
          "roman": "fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.",
          "text": "O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,\nweit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!\nIn die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,",
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          "wasteland"
        ]
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    },
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    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
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      "word": "Regenwüste"
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    {
      "word": "Sandwüste"
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      "word": "Schlammwüste"
    },
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    {
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    {
      "word": "Wüstenklima"
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