longing

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

present participle and gerund of long

Noun

1. An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

long

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb
• Adv
• Verb
• Verb
• Noun
• Verb

Lees verder

Concepten

verlangen

hunkering

verlangend

smachtend

begeerte

zielsverlangen

zucht

hang

graagte

dorst

begerigheid

zin

vurig verlangen

hongerig

lust

heimwee

Synoniemen

yearning

desire

craving

wish

aspiration

nostalgia

desirous

missing

lust

homesickness

hankering

eagerness

anxiety

hungriness

appetite

eager

anxious

eager desire

ardent desire

wishfulness

long for

miss

thirsting

sorrow

thirst

ambition

passion

pining

wishful

desiring

greed

goal

care

expectation

envy

caprice

appetency

bad

👎

dream

😴💭

drab

athirst

appetence

annoying

lovesick

lovelorn

liquorish

melancholy

itching

interest

impulse

Vertalingen

Sehnsucht

saudade

anhelo

brama

nostalgie

désir

bramosia

Verlangen

özlem

anelito

Sehnen

aspiration

λαχτάρα

ansioso

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈlɒŋɪŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: longynge

Overgenomen van Oudengels: langiende

Overgenomen van Middelengels: longinge

Overgenomen van Oudengels: longung

In summary

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).