kast
English edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -æst
Noun edit
- 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.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).
Noun edit
kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Verb edit
kast
- imperative of kaste
References edit
- “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (“chest, reservoir”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)
Derived terms edit
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
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Noun edit
kast (genitive kasti, partitive kasti)
Declension edit
Declension of kast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
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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
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kast
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)
Declension edit
Livonian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Courland) kastõ
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.
Verb edit
kast
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- kaste (verb)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
kast
- imperative of kaste
References edit
- “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
kast
- imperative of kasta
References edit
- “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).
Noun edit
kast n
- a throw (an instance of throwing)
Declension edit
Declension of kast | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kast | kastet | kast | kasten |
Genitive | kasts | kastets | kasts | kastens |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Portuguese or Spanish casta, of uncertain origin.
Noun edit
kast c
- caste; an Indian hereditary social class
Declension edit
Declension of kast | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kast | kasten | kaster | kasterna |
Genitive | kasts | kastens | kasters | kasternas |