unenthusiastic
lustlos – lustloser – am lustlosesten
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unenthusiastic
Without desire, interest, or inner motivation; lacking motivation and enjoyment in an activity.
Er erledigte seine Aufgaben lustlos und ohne jede Begeisterung.
He completed his tasks listlessly and without any enthusiasm.
| basic form | lustlos |
|---|---|
| comparative | lustloser |
| superlative | am lustlosesten |
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -e | -e | -e | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -e | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to lustlos.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to lustlos.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -e |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -e |
| dat. | -em | -er | -em | -en |
| gen. | -en | -er | -en | -er |
Add the ending to lustlos.
'Lustlos' (unenthusiastic) is made up of 'Lust' (desire) and the ending '-los' (without). '-los' indicates that something is missing; here, inner motivation or enjoyment of an activity is missing.
Nach dem langen Arbeitstag ging er lustlos zum Training.
After the long workday, he went to training without much enthusiasm.
'Lustlos' (unenthusiastic) is often used with activities or ways of behaving, for example 'lustlos arbeiten' (to work unenthusiastically), 'lustlos antworten' (to answer unenthusiastically), 'lustlos essen' (to eat without enthusiasm), or 'lustlos wirken' (to seem unenthusiastic).
Sie antwortete lustlos auf die Fragen ihrer Kollegin.
She answered her colleague's questions without much enthusiasm.
The adjective can be used as an adverb to describe an activity more closely or can follow verbs such as 'wirken' (to seem) and 'sein' (to be). It therefore describes either the way an action is performed or the impression a person gives.
Er wirkte lustlos und beteiligte sich kaum am Gespräch.
He seemed unenthusiastic and took hardly any part in the conversation.
Die Schüler erledigten die Gruppenarbeit lustlos.
The students completed the group project without much enthusiasm.
