German

Noun

Interesse n ‎(genitive Interesses, plural Interessen)

1. interest (attention and concern)
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 24/2010, page 88:

     Die Furcht, ein wiedervereinigtes Deutschland werde langfristig stärker seinen nationalen Interessen nachgehen und unilateral agieren – ohne Rücksicht auf den Nachbarn also –, verfolgt seither Frankreichs politische Klasse.

     The fear that a reunited Germany would pursue its national interests more strongly in the long term and act unilaterally – hence without consideration of its neighbors – haunts the political class of France since that time.

Declension

Hyponyms

• Partikularinteresse
• Wirtschaftsinteresse

Derived terms

Danish

Noun

interesse c (singular definite interessen, plural indefinite interesser)

1. interest

Inflection

Related terms

• interessant
• interessent

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈtrɛ.sə/, /ɪn.tə.ˈrɛ.sə/
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se

Noun

interesse f ‎(plural interesses or interessen)

1. interest (e.g in a suject)

Synonyms

• belangstelling

Interlingua

Noun

interesse ‎(plural interesses)

1. interest

Italian

Noun

interesse m ‎(plural interessi)

1. interest, concern
2. (economy) interest
3. money, money-making
4. (in the plural) affairs, business

Synonyms

• (in the plural; affairs, business): affari

Related terms

• interessare

Anagrams

• intessere, ritenesse

Latin

Verb

interesse

1. present active infinitive of intersum

References

• INTERESSE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

interesse m ‎(definite singular interessen, indefinite plural interesser, definite plural interessene)

1. interest

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin interesse.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ˈɾe.sɨ/
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se

Noun

interesse m (plural interesses)

1. interest

Verb

interesse

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of interessar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of interessar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of interessar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of interessar