fasten
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːsən/, /ˈfɑːsn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæsən/, /ˈfæsn̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːsən, (General American) -æsən
VerbEdit
fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
- The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
- Fasten your seat belts!
- Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
- May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
- To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
- to fasten a blow
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- if I can fasten but one cup upon him
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to attach or connect in a secure manner
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AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)
- to fast
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | fasten | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | fastend | ||||
past participle | gefastet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich faste | wir fasten | i | ich faste | wir fasten |
du fastest | ihr fastet | du fastest | ihr fastet | ||
er fastet | sie fasten | er faste | sie fasten | ||
preterite | ich fastete | wir fasteten | ii | ich fastete1 | wir fasteten1 |
du fastetest | ihr fastetet | du fastetest1 | ihr fastetet1 | ||
er fastete | sie fasteten | er fastete1 | sie fasteten1 | ||
imperative | fast (du) faste (du) |
fastet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fasten
- inflection of fasen:
Further readingEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
fasten m or f
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
VerbEdit
fastēn
- to fast
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of fastēn (weak class 3)
infinitive | fastēn | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | fastem | fasteta |
2nd person singular | fastes | fastetos |
3rd person singular | fastet | fasteta |
1st person plural | fastem, fastemes | fastetum, fastetumes |
2nd person plural | fastet | fastetut |
3rd person plural | fastent | fastetun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | faste | fasteti |
2nd person singular | fastes | fastetis |
3rd person singular | faste | fasteti |
1st person plural | fastem, fastemes | fastetim, fastetimes |
2nd person plural | fastet | fastetit |
3rd person plural | fasten | fastetin |
imperative | present | |
singular | faste | |
plural | fastet | |
participle | present | past |
fastenti | gifastet |