hanker

Significat (Anglès)

To crave, want or desire.

Conceptes

doldre

saber greu

consumir-se

Sinònims

yearn

crave

long

aspire

hunger

desire

ache

long for

want

pester

pine

regret

thrill

wish

worry

conceive a violent passion

be greedy

cry out

entreat

expect

languish

lust

miss

need

Traduccions

ansiar

anhelar

λαχταρώ

agognare

sich sehnen

özlem

arzu

verlangen

اشتاق

esìgere

convoiter

desejar

λαχτάρω

υπερεπιθυμώ

سفق على

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: hunkeren

In summary

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.