want

Worttrennung:

want, Partizip Perfekt: want•ed, Partizip Präsens: want•ing

Aussprache:

IPA: brE [wɒnt], amE [wɑnt],
Partizip Perfekt: brE [ˈwɒntʰɪd], amE [ˈwɑntʰɪd],
Partizip Präsens: brE [ˈwɒntɪŋ], amE [ˈwɑntɪŋ]

Hörbeispiele: —, Partizip Perfekt: —, Partizip Präsens: —

Bedeutungen:

[1] wollen, wünschen

[2] (jemanden) sprechen wollen, (nach jemandem) verlangen oder fragen

[3] nur Passiv: (als Tatverdächtiger) gesucht werden

[4] sexuell begehren

[5] amE umgangssprachlich, mit in/into/out: (in einen Ort, eine Situation) hineinwollen, herauswollen

[6] benötigen, erfordern (brE umgangssprachlich auch mit Dingen als Subjekt)

[7] brE umgangssprachlich: verdienen

[8] bildlich: entbehren, fehlen, vermissen, darben, sich in Not oder Armut befinden

[9] euphemistisch: sollen

Herkunft:

Von altnordisch vanta (fehlen). Erscheint im Englischen seit dem 13. Jahrhundert.

Synonyme:

[1] wish, desire, feel inclined to; höflich: would like

[2] demand, ask

[3] search, look for, hunt

[4] desire, crave for, lust for, be keen on

[6] need, require, demand, call for

[7] deserve

[8] miss, lack, fall short by

[9] ought, should; have to, must

Gegenwörter:

[1] have, hold; abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe; decline, refuse, reject, spurn

Beispiele:

[1] We want answers to our questions.

[1] He wants to marry a rich girl.

[1] She wanted me to take her to Italy.

[1] Mr. Jones wants his car repaired by tomorrow.

[1] Steve wants Mike as his classmate.

[2] The boss wants you in his office.

[2] You are wanted on the telephone.

[3] He is wanted by the police in connection with a murder case.

[4] He was so good-looking, she wanted him on the spot.

[5] Would you open the door? The cat wants in.

[5] If anyone wants out, there’s the door.

[6] The farmers desperately want rain.

[6] This invoice wants paying.

[7] That rascal! He wants a good smack in his face!

[8] You shall want for nothing while you are with me.

[8] It wanted twenty minutes to midnight.

[9] You want to be very careful what you say.

Charakteristische Wortkombinationen:

if you want (wenn du möchtest; Beispiel: I’ll cook you a meal if you want.)

say what you want (sag was du willst; Beispiel: say what you want, she is honest)

want for (Beispiel: they want for nothing, es fehlt ihnen an nichts)

want ad (Kleinanzeige mit „gesucht wird…“)

want badly, want really (unbedingt wollen)

want something back (etwas zurückhaben wollen)

Wortbildungen:

wanter (jemand, der etwas will)

unwanted (unerwünscht)

want-away (abwanderungs-, wechselwillig)

Bedeutungen:

[1] Wunsch, Bedarf, Bedürfnis

[2] Entbehrung, Fehlen, Mangel, Not

Synonyme:

[1] wish, need, desire

[2] deficiency, lack, poverty, absence, dearth

Gegenwörter:

[2] presence; abundance, amplitude, bounty, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty, wealth; adequacy, sufficiency; excess, overabundance, oversupply, superabundance, surfeit, surplus; deluge, flood; bushel, deal, gobs, heap, loads, lot, mass, mountain, much, oodles, peck, pile, pot, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, volume, wad; fund, pool, stock, supply; cache, hoard, stash, stockpile

Beispiele:

[1] I know his wants and desires.

[1] He is in want of an assistant.

[2] Those old houses are in want of repair.

[2] For want of a pajama he slept in his underwear.

[2] In this country want was virtually unknown.

Charakteristische Wortkombinationen:

for want of (mangels, aus Mangel an, in Ermangelung)

for want of evidence (aus Mangel an Beweisen)

for want of form (wegen eines Formfehlers)

suffer want (Not leiden)

Wortbildungen:

wantless

wantlessness

self-want

[1] Lexico (Oxford University Press) „want“

veraltete Vorlage

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[1] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary „want“

[1] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus „want“

[1] Dictionary.com Englisch-Englisches Wörterbuch, Thesaurus und Enzyklopädie „want“

[1] PONS Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „want“

[1] dict.cc Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „want“

[1] LEO Englisch-Deutsch, Stichwort: „want“

wait, wan, wand, wank, wart, went, wont, won’t

englische Reimwörter: blunt, brunt, bunt, front, grunt, hunt, Lunt, punt, runt, shunt, strunt, stunt, wont