Noun: Appetit
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | Appetites; Appetits |
Definite
| Singular | Appetites; Appetits |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | Appetit; Appetite |
Definite
| Singular | Appetit; Appetite |
Sample Sentences
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1922, Franz Kafka, Ein Hungerkünstler, in: Die neue Rundschau, year 33, October issue, S. Fischer Verlag, page 985 (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.)
Nouns inflected like Appetit
Denunziantentum,
Himmelreich,
Ultraschall,
Büchsenlicht,
Katzengold,
Bummelantentum,
Beischlafdiebstahl,
Mitleid,
Unternehmertum,
Dönerfleisch,
Bürgergeld,
Bürgersinn,
Blumenpflückverbot,
Politbetrieb,
Größenwahn,
Rauhreif,
Verbrechertum,
Raubwild,
Bordgepäck,
Landesverrat, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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”). See: Latin Nouns '
appetō'.
Verbs referencing "Appetit"
Swedish Nouns
aptit.
Translations