rastlos

See also: rastlös

German

Etymology

Equivalent to Rast +‎ -los. Cognate to English restless, Dutch rusteloos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁastloːs/
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  • Hyphenation: rast‧los

Adjective

rastlos (strong nominative masculine singular rastloser, comparative rastloser, superlative am rastlosesten)

  1. restless
    • 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 13:
      Und dann war plötzlich ein rastloses Sehnen über sie gekommen, und mit unwiderstehlicher Gewalt hatte es sie aus der Ferne hierher zurückgezogen in das Haus, wo das Glück einst wohnte.
      And then she had suddenly been overcome by a restless longing, and with irresistible force she had been drawn back out of the distance here into the house where the happiness once lived.

Declension

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