Appetit

See also: appetit and appétit

German

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Old French apetit or directly from its source, Late Latin appetītus (“attack; striving, desire; appetite”), a fourth-declension noun derived from Latin appetō (“to assail; to strive after”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˌapəˈtiːt/, /ˌapəˈtɪt/

    Noun

    Appetit m (strong, genitive Appetites or Appetits, no plural)

    1. appetite
      • 1922, Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkünstler, in: Die neue Rundschau, year 33, October issue, S. Fischer Verlag, page 985:
        Am glücklichsten aber war er, wenn dann der Morgen kam, und ihnen auf seine Rechnung ein überreiches Frühstück gebracht wurde, auf das sie sich warfen mit dem Appetit gesunder Männer nach einer mühevoll durchwachten Nacht.
        But he was the happiest when then the morning came, and an abundant breakfast was brought to them on his expense, at which they threw themselves with the appetite of healthy men after a night having arduously stayed awake.

    Declension

    Declension of Appetit [sg-only, masculine, strong]
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative ein der Appetit
    genitive eines des Appetites, Appetits
    dative einem dem Appetit, Appetite1
    accusative einen den Appetit

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Serbo-Croatian: apetit / апетит
    • → Slovincian: aptyt

    Further reading

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