Wüste

== German == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvyːstə/ Hyphenation: Wü‧ste Hyphenation: Wüs‧te === Noun === Wüste f (genitive Wüste, plural Wüsten) desert wilderness, waste, wasteland 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation): ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Wüste”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wüste” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Wüste” in Duden online Wüste on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de