See also: Kast, kaśt, and каст

English edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (chest), from Old Dutch *casto (chest, reservoir), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

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Noun edit

kast (plural kasts or kasten)

  1. A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
    • 2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times[1]:
      At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.
    • 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times[2]:
      The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.

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Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (throw).

Noun edit

kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)

  1. throw

Declension edit

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Verb edit

kast

  1. imperative of kaste

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch caste (chest), from Old Dutch *casto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (chest, reservoir).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kɑst/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kast
  • Rhymes: -ɑst

Noun edit

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

  1. cupboard, closet, wardrobe

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: kas
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
  • Negerhollands: kas, kaśi
    • Virgin Islands Creole: kasi (dated)
  • Indonesian: kas
    • Ternate: kas
  • Papiamentu: kashi, kasji (from the diminutive)
  • Sranan Tongo: kasi
    • Aukan: kasi
    • Caribbean Hindustani: kási
    • Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

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Estonian edit

Noun edit

kast (genitive kasti, partitive kasti)

  1. box, chest, crate

Declension edit

Declension of kast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kast kastid
accusative nom.
gen. kasti
genitive kastide
partitive kasti kaste
kastisid
illative kasti
kastisse
kastidesse
kastesse
inessive kastis kastides
kastes
elative kastist kastidest
kastest
allative kastile kastidele
kastele
adessive kastil kastidel
kastel
ablative kastilt kastidelt
kastelt
translative kastiks kastideks
kasteks
terminative kastini kastideni
essive kastina kastidena
abessive kastita kastideta
comitative kastiga kastidega

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

kas +‎ -t

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒʃt]
  • Hyphenation: kast

Noun edit

kast

  1. accusative singular of kas

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (throw).

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Noun edit

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)

  1. throw
  2. fit, seizure

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Livonian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.

Verb edit

kast

  1. water
  2. wet

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse kast.

Noun edit

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)

  1. throw
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

kast

  1. imperative of kaste

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kast.

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Noun edit

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)

  1. throw (act of throwing something)
  2. (folklore) the same as varp

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Verb edit

kast

  1. imperative of kasta

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Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (throw).

Noun edit

kast n

  1. a throw (an instance of throwing)
Declension edit
Declension of kast 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kast kastet kast kasten
Genitive kasts kastets kasts kastens
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Etymology 2 edit

From Portuguese or Spanish casta, of uncertain origin.

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kast c

  1. caste; an Indian hereditary social class
Declension edit
Declension of kast 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kast kasten kaster kasterna
Genitive kasts kastens kasters kasternas

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