Kasten
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.
Noun edit
Kasten m (strong, genitive Kastens, plural Kästen or (obsolete) Kasten, diminutive Kästchen n or Kästlein n)
- crate (e.g. for bottles)
- (regional, Germany) box, case
- (regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard
Usage notes edit
- The normal plural is Kästen; the unchanged plural Kasten is now widely obsolete. (In the 19th century, however, the umlaut form was still deprecated as “wrong”, for example in Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch.)
Declension edit
Declension of Kasten [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Kashubian: kasta
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
Kasten f pl