>levenslust I'm not sure of the origin, but "lust for life" is an expression that's been used in English for at least a century, it seems. It was the name of a

>levenslust I'm not sure of the origin, but "lust for life" is an expression that's been used in English for at least a century, it seems. It was the name of a biography of Vincent Van Gogh. The earliest reference on this page seems to be a German film, so maybe it comes from German: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_for_Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust_for_Life Hmm, maybe it goes back further - Google Books seems to have some instances from the 19th century. A few are negative, basically using the phrase to mean being worldly and not spiritual, a bad thing or even a "curse". In that sense it wouldn't seem to be the same meaning, but maybe it changed over time.