funktionslust

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noun

A sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.

OriginGerman Funktionslust →
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Meanings

nounfunktionslust (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.

    It's also argued that running is central to what keeps us most human and healthy - that in running, humans experience funktionslust.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 124

Origin

  1. GermanFunktionslust
  2. Englishfunktionslust

Borrowed from German Funktionslust.

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APA

funktionslust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funktionslust

MLA

“funktionslust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funktionslust. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funktionslust,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funktionslust.

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