bæst

See also: bast and bäst

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German best, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛːst/, [b̥ɛːˀsd̥]

Noun

bæst n (singular definite bæstet, plural indefinite bæster)

  1. beast
  2. brute

Declension
Declension of bæst
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bæst bæstet bæster bæsterne
genitive bæsts bæstets bæsters bæsternes

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”) (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)). Doublet of basket via Celtic and fasces via Latin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bæst/

Noun

bæst m (nominative plural bæstas)

  1. bast; inner bark of a tree from which rope is made

Declension
Declension of bæst (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bæst bæstas
accusative bæst bæstas
genitive bæstes bæsta
dative bæste bæstum
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