wanderlust
A strong impulse or longing to travelA strong impulse or longing to travel.
» Mary's wanderlust grew from regularly perusing travel magazines.
ariarin · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A strong impulse or longing to travel.
Wanderlust, Fernweh, Reiselust
страсть к путешествиямstrastʹ k putešestvijam
very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
(countable, uncountable)An impulse to be unfaithful or seek out other romantic or sexual partners; a straying heart.
Examples
3 sentencesMary's wanderlust grew from regularly perusing travel magazines.
In spring, Tom is always seized by wanderlust and has to get out into nature.
deImmer im Frühling packt Tom die Wanderlust; dann muss er in die Natur hinaus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wanderlust is his name.
ruЕго зовут "Страсть-к-путешествиям". — shanghainese
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from German Wanderlust (“an urge to travel; a love of the ‘great outdoors’”), froBorrowed from German Wanderlust (“an urge to travel; a love of the ‘great outdoors’”), from wandern (“to wander; to hike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; to wind”)) + Lust (“a desire, a wish to do or have something; fun, pleasure”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate; to set free; to untie”)); analysable as wander + lust.
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Forms
plural: wanderlustsSynonyms
3 synonyms- very strong or irresistible impulse to travel:itchy feet
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable