lufthunger
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of luft (“air”) + hunger (“hunger”). Cognate with German Lufthunger (“shortness of breath”).
Noun
[edit]lufthunger c
- A need of air, a strong desire to breathe.
- 2022 July 21, Daniel Hedström, 0:48 from the start, in Lista: Varningssignaler för drunkning [List: Warning signs of drowning][1], spoken by Mikael Olausson:
- Ganska snart kommer huvudet att sjunka ner under ytan. Då kommer personen att hålla andan, men till slut blir lufthungern för stor och man kommer att ta ett djupt andetag.
- Pretty soon the head will sink below the surface. Then the person will hold their breath, but eventually the need for air will be too great and they will take a deep breath.
- A shortness of breath.
- 1927, Sigmund Freud, translated by John Landquist, Drömtydning [The Interpretation of Dreams][2], page II.34:
- Dörren stängdes genast, demonstrativa repliker växlades om fönstrens öppnande. Sannolikt såg man snart på mig min lufthunger. Det var en het natt, och luften i den på alla håll stängda kupén blev snart så man kunde kvävas.
- The door was immediately closed, demonstrative remarks were exchanged about the opening of the windows. They probably soon saw my shortness of breath. It was a hot night, and the air in the compartment, thus shut on all sides, soon became suffocating.