kaste
Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
kaste
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Via German Kaste from Portuguese casta (“bloodline, race, caste”), probably from the feminine of the adjective casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus.
Noun edit
kaste c (singular definite kasten, plural indefinite kaster)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Danish kastæ, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), cognate with Norwegian kaste and Swedish kasta. English cast is borrowed from Old Norse.
Verb edit
kaste (imperative kast, infinitive at kaste, present tense kaster, past tense kastede, perfect tense har kastet)
- to throw, to chuck
- Kaste en bold. ― Throw a ball.
- to drop
- Kaste en bombe (fra et fly). ― Drop a bomb (from an airplane).
- to cast
- Koen kastede sin kalv. ― The cow cast its calf.
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese casta (“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto (“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus (“pure, clean”). Cognate with Danish, Norwegian (see below), German Kaste, English caste, French caste etc.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaste f (plural kasten, diminutive kastetje n)
- a caste, hereditary Indian socio-religious class (except the 'unclean' lowest) (depreciated in specialist usage)
- a similarly closed social class, especially if rather impenetrable -notably (de facto) hereditary-, as in Ancient Egypt or various tribal and feudal societies
- any closed, social and/or hierarchic group, such as a priesthood or a military corps
- (obsolete) national/ethnic group or character
Derived terms edit
- (by caste type) officierenkaste, priesterkaste m or f
- kastegeest m
- kastenregel m
- kastenstelsel n
- kasteverdeeling, kastenverdeeling
- kastenwezen n
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *kastëk.
Noun edit
kaste (genitive kaste, partitive kastet)
Declension edit
Declension of kaste (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaste | kasted | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kaste | ||
genitive | kastete | ||
partitive | kastet | kasteid | |
illative | kastesse | kastetesse kasteisse | |
inessive | kastes | kastetes kasteis | |
elative | kastest | kastetest kasteist | |
allative | kastele | kastetele kasteile | |
adessive | kastel | kastetel kasteil | |
ablative | kastelt | kastetelt kasteilt | |
translative | kasteks | kasteteks kasteiks | |
terminative | kasteni | kasteteni | |
essive | kastena | kastetena | |
abessive | kasteta | kasteteta | |
comitative | kastega | kastetega |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kaste (genitive kastme, partitive kastet)
Declension edit
Declension of kaste (ÕS type 5/liige, length gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaste | kastmed | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kastme | ||
genitive | kastmete | ||
partitive | kastet | kastmeid | |
illative | kastmesse | kastmetesse kastmeisse | |
inessive | kastmes | kastmetes kastmeis | |
elative | kastmest | kastmetest kastmeist | |
allative | kastmele | kastmetele kastmeile | |
adessive | kastmel | kastmetel kastmeil | |
ablative | kastmelt | kastmetelt kastmeilt | |
translative | kastmeks | kastmeteks kastmeiks | |
terminative | kastmeni | kastmeteni | |
essive | kastmena | kastmetena | |
abessive | kastmeta | kastmeteta | |
comitative | kastmega | kastmetega |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kastëk. Equivalent to kastaa (“to wet, soak”) + -e.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaste
Declension edit
Inflection of kaste (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kaste | kasteet | ||
genitive | kasteen | kasteiden kasteitten | ||
partitive | kastetta | kasteita | ||
illative | kasteeseen | kasteisiin kasteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kaste | kasteet | ||
accusative | nom. | kaste | kasteet | |
gen. | kasteen | |||
genitive | kasteen | kasteiden kasteitten | ||
partitive | kastetta | kasteita | ||
inessive | kasteessa | kasteissa | ||
elative | kasteesta | kasteista | ||
illative | kasteeseen | kasteisiin kasteihin | ||
adessive | kasteella | kasteilla | ||
ablative | kasteelta | kasteilta | ||
allative | kasteelle | kasteille | ||
essive | kasteena | kasteina | ||
translative | kasteeksi | kasteiksi | ||
abessive | kasteetta | kasteitta | ||
instructive | — | kastein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- aamukaste
- aikuiskaste
- henkikaste
- hunajakaste
- hätäkaste
- kasteallas
- kasteenraikas
- kastehelmi
- kasteinen
- kastejuhla
- kastejumalanpalvelus
- kastekaapu
- kastekaava
- kastekappeli
- kastekirja
- kastekirkko
- kastekäsky
- kasteliero
- kastemalja
- kastemato
- kastemekko
- kastepisara
- kastepiste
- kasteristi
- kastetilaisuus
- kastetodistus
- kastetoimitus
- kastevaate
- kastevesi
- lapsikaste
- mesikaste
- tulikaste
- upotuskaste
- uppokaste
- valelukaste
- vesikaste
- yökaste
Further reading edit
- “kaste”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Karelian edit
Noun edit
kaste
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Related to Medieval Latin castō, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (“box, case”).
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Noun edit
kaste f (5th declension)
Declension edit
Livvi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kastëk. Cognates include Finnish kaste and Estonian kaste.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kaste (genitive kastien, partitive kastettu)
Declension edit
Declension of kaste (Type 23/päre, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kaste | kastiet |
genitive | kastien | kastieloin |
partitive | kastettu | kastieloi |
illative | kastieh | kastieloih |
inessive | kasties | kastielois |
elative | kastiespäi | kastieloispäi |
allative | kastiele | kastieloile |
adessive | kastiel | kastieloil |
ablative | kastielpäi | kastieloilpäi |
translative | kastiekse | kastieloikse |
essive | kastiennu | kastieloinnu |
abessive | kastiettah | kastieloittah |
comitative | kastienke | kastieloinke |
instructive | kastieloin | |
prolative | kastieči |
References edit
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 96
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese casta (“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto (“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus (“pure, clean”) (cognate with Dutch kastijden (“to chastise”), English chasten, French chaste etc.), cognate with Danish, Dutch (see above) etc.
Noun edit
kaste m (definite singular kasten, indefinite plural kaster, definite plural kastene)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse kasta (compare with Danish kaste, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish kasta and English cast).
Verb edit
kaste (imperative kast, present tense kaster, passive kastes, simple past and past participle kasta or kastet, present participle kastende)
- (transitive) to throw
- (transitive) to dart
- to cast
- kaste skygge ― cast a shadow
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “kaste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
kaste m (definite singular kasten, indefinite plural kastar, definite plural kastane)
Verb edit
kaste (present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kaste/kast)
- Alternative form of kasta
Derived terms edit
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kastëk.
Noun edit
kaste
Inflection edit
Inflection of kaste (inflection type 36/kaste) | |||
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nominative sing. | kaste | ||
genitive sing. | kastken | ||
partitive sing. | kastet | ||
partitive plur. | kastkid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaste | kastked | |
accusative | kastken | kastked | |
genitive | kastken | kastkiden | |
partitive | kastet | kastkid | |
essive-instructive | kastken | kastkin | |
translative | kastkeks | kastkikš | |
inessive | kastkes | kastkiš | |
elative | kastkespäi | kastkišpäi | |
illative | kastkehe | kastkihe | |
adessive | kastkel | kastkil | |
ablative | kastkelpäi | kastkilpäi | |
allative | kastkele | kastkile | |
abessive | kastketa | kastkita | |
comitative | kastkenke | kastkidenke | |
prolative | kastetme | kastkidme | |
approximative I | kastkenno | kastkidenno | |
approximative II | kastkennoks | kastkidennoks | |
egressive | kastkennopäi | kastkidennopäi | |
terminative I | kastkehesai | kastkihesai | |
terminative II | kastkelesai | kastkilesai | |
terminative III | kastkessai | — | |
additive I | kastkehepäi | kastkihepäi | |
additive II | kastkelepäi | kastkilepäi |