kust

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏst

• kust

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• Hyphenation: kust

Etymology 1

Indo-European, from Latin costa (“rib, side”), cognate with English coast, German Küste, French côte etc.

Noun

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kust f, m (plural kusten, diminutive kustje)

1. The shoreline
2. The coast, seaside
3. A coastal region
4. (obsolete, figuratively) A border, seem, edge, fringe etc.

Derived terms

(by coast type) landkust m and f, noordkust m and f, oostkust m and f, westkust m and f, zuidkust m and f, zeekust m and f, zeekust m and f (geographical names) Goudkust, Greinkust, Ivoorkust, Peperkust, Tandkust; Noordzeekust etc. kustboot kustdialect n kustlijn kustvaarder m kustwacht

See also

• oever

Etymology 2

Germanic, cognate with English kiss, German küssen, etc.

Verb

kust

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of kussen
2. plural imperative of kussen

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus, related with Dutch kiezen, cognate with Old English cyst, Latin gustus etc.

Noun

kust f, m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) a choice, chosing
2. (obsolete) something chosen

Expression: te kust en te keur —— in an abundant choice

Synonyms

• (choice): keuze
• (something chosen): keuze

Anagrams

• stuk

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Noun

kust c

1. a coast (shoreline)

Declension

Declension of kust

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kust	kusten	kuster	kusterna
genitive	kusts	kustens	kusters	kusternas