See also: Gast and gäst

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)

  1. (obsolete) To frighten.

Anagrams edit

Breton edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Irish gast, from Proto-Celtic *gasliyā, from *gas, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare French gouine (lesbian), and Proto-Brythonic *gwėɣin (sheath).[1]

Noun edit

gast f (plural gisti)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory) whore, bitch

Inflection edit

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “gast”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian gāst, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist.

Noun edit

gast c (singular definite gasten, plural indefinite gaster)

  1. A crew member on a ship

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch gast, from Old Dutch *gast, from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz.

Noun edit

gast m (plural gasten, diminutive gastje n)

  1. guest
    Synonym: genodigde
    Antonyms: gastheer, gastvrouw
    Ik heb afgelopen week wat familie te gast gehad.Some family members stayed with me as guests last week.
  2. (chiefly in combinations) knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy
    Antonyms: meester, stagemeester
  3. (colloquial) dude, guy
    Synonyms: gozer, vent
    Die gast is echt niet goed bij z'n hoofd.That guy really isn't right in the head.
    Zijn broer is best een aardige gast.His brother is quite a nice guy.
    Gast, waar heb je het nou helemaal over?Dude, what are you even on about?
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: gast

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

gast

  1. inflection of gassen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

gast

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄

Icelandic edit

Verb edit

gast

  1. singular past indicative of getast

Middle English edit

Noun edit

gast

  1. Alternative form of gost

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gāst m

  1. spirit
    sē Hālga Gāst
    the Holy Spirit
    Iċ bēo mid þē on gāste.
    I'll be with you in spirit.
  2. ghost
  3. breath
  4. demon

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Based on Latin vastus (uncultivated, unoccupied)

Noun edit

gast oblique singularm (oblique plural gaz or gatz, nominative singular gaz or gatz, nominative plural gast)

  1. destruction

Adjective edit

gast m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gaste)

  1. destroyed; ravaged; decimated

Descendants edit

References edit

Old Frisian edit

 
Kēning Richard III and gāstar.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gaist. Cognates include Old English gāst and Old Saxon gēst.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gāst m

  1. ghost, spirit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, see also Old Norse gestr, Latin hostis (enemy).

Noun edit

gast m (plural gesti)

  1. guest

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gasti, whence also Old English ġiest.

Noun edit

gast m

  1. guest

Declension edit


Descendants edit

  • Middle Low German: gast
    • Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Gast
      Sauerländisch: Gast
      Westmünsterländisch: Gast
    • Plautdietsch: Gaust
    • Saterland Frisian: Gast
    • West Frisian: gast

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See gäst

Noun edit

gast c

  1. A crew member on a ship

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish gaster, possibly borrowed from Old Frisian gāst, from Proto-West Germanic *gaist.

Noun edit

gast c

  1. A ghost
    Synonym: vålnad
Usage notes edit

The more common word for ghost is spöke.

Declension edit
Declension of gast 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gast gasten gastar gastarna
Genitive gasts gastens gastars gastarnas
Derived terms edit

References edit

Anagrams edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Irish gast, from Proto-Celtic *gasliyā, from *gas, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare French gouine (lesbian), and Proto-Brythonic *gwėɣin (sheath).[1]

Noun edit

gast f (plural geist)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) bitch

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gast ast ngast unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “galla”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN