/ˈlauŋka/, [ˈlɐwŋkɐ]
UppruniFrom Old Norse langa (“to long for; desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire; long for”), related to English long, German verlangen. More at long.
- impersonal, weakto cause to want, to make feel like with accusative ‘someone’, along with í (+ accusative) ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’ (idiomatically translated as "want, feel like" with the accusative object as the subject)
“Mig langar í hest!” — I want a horse!
“Langar þig í hest?” — Do you want a horse?
“Hvað langar þig í? — Mig langar í nammi og ís!” — What do you want? — I want candy and ice cream!
- weakto crave, to have a hankering for
- feminineling (fish)
- accusative, form-of, indefinite, masculine, pluralaccusative indefinite plural
- form-of, genitive, indefinite, masculine, pluralgenitive indefinite plural
Beygingarlangaði(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · langað(supine) · löngu(genitive, singular) · löngur(nominative, plural) · langa(indefinite, nominative, singular) · langan(definite, nominative, singular) · löngur(indefinite, nominative, plural) · löngurnar(definite, nominative, plural) · löngu(accusative, indefinite, singular) · lönguna(accusative, definite, singular) · löngur(accusative, indefinite, plural) · löngurnar(accusative, definite, plural) · löngu(dative, indefinite, singular) · löngunni(dative, definite, singular) · löngum(dative, indefinite, plural) · löngunum(dative, definite, plural) · löngu(genitive, indefinite, singular) · löngunnar(definite, genitive, singular) · langna(genitive, indefinite, plural) · langa(genitive, indefinite, plural)