"Du hast Durst."

Translation: You are thirsty.

[frenchomelette]

Would "Hast Du Durst?" be "Are you thirsty"

[wildoyle]

Almost. Remember in German, unlike English, the pronouns are not capitalized unless at the beginning of a sentence. Therefore, "Are you thirsty?" translates to "Hast du Durst?"

[AlanAnders]

So Du Hast Durst means you are thirsty, but Du bist Durstig isn't acceptable?

[AndreasWitnstein]

‘Du bist durstig.’ and ‘Du hast Durst.’ are both acceptable in German.

In English, ‘You are thirsty.” is acceptable, but *“You are thirst.” is not.

[LuongLe]

So "Du bist durstig" or "Du hast Durst" is more popular?

[AndreasWitnstein]

‘Du hast Durst’ is more common.

[adit_uti]

what the difference of durstig and durst?

[LuongLe]

durstig is adjective and Durst is noun

[roy8045]

Would "Du bist Durst" work?

[reject86]

That would mean "You are thirst", I believe.

[DerKonigCometh]

Wouldn't "durstig" work instead?

[ShariniSen]

'Du bist durstig' is actually correct, although a little unusual. In German you don't always use the literal translation of the corresponding English form. The given form 'Du hast Durst' is used more commonly.

[henro0908]

No

[smilepanny]

why"Du hast Durst" means " you are thirsty", while "Du hast Hunger" can not be " you are hungry"?

[wildoyle]

"Du hast Hunger." does mean "You are hungry."

[psycotti]

Why is "durst" capitalized? The notice says "all nouns are capitalized in german"
Durst is not a noun!

[AndreasWitnstein]

‘Der Durst’ is a noun.