Dictionary English → German: wanting

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ADJ   wanting | more wanting | most wanting
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VERB  to want | wanted | wanted
wanting | wants
 
SYNO   deficient | lacking | wanting ... 
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wanting {adj} {pres-p} [absent, lacking]
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fehlend
wanting {adj} [imperfect]
99
mangelhaft
wanting {pres-p}
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wünschend
wanting {adj} [coll.] [deficient in intelligence]
47
unterbelichtet [ugs.] [pej.] [dumm]
Nouns
wanting
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Wunsch {m}
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to be wantingmangeln an [+Dat.]
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Something is wanting.Es fehlt etwas.
zool. wanting to mate {adj} [postpos.]paarungswillig
to be wanting in sth.etw.Gen. ermangeln [geh.] [etw. als notwendig / erwünscht Erachtetes nicht besitzen]
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transp. wanting / wishing to board {adj}einstiegswillig [Fahrgäste]
wanting to get married {adj}heiratswillig
weighed and found wanting {adj} [also fig.]gewogen und für zu leicht befunden
bibl. quote weighed and found wanting {adj} {past-p} [also fig.] [postpos.]gewogen und zu leicht befunden [Redewendung]
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quote Always leave them wanting more. [P. T. Barnum, Walt Disney]Wenn's am schönsten ist, soll man gehen.
He mumbled something about wanting ...Er nuschelte etwas von wegen, er wolle ... [ugs.]
lit. quote Those blest ideals now are wanting // That swelled my heart with mad delight. [trans. Edgar Alfred Bowring]Die Ideale sind zerronnen, // Die einst das trunkne Herz geschwellt. [Friedrich Schiller, Die Ideale]
transp. wanting / wishing to get on {adj} [postpos.]einstiegswillig [Fahrgäste]
to have nothing against sb. wanting to do sth.nichts dagegen haben, wenn jd. etw. tun will
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