Wüste

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) desert
  2. (feminine) wilderness, waste, wasteland

Concepts

desert

wasteland

wilderness

desert*

deserts

waste

quiet place

wasteground

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
Wü‧ste
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvyːstə/
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.

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