casten

casten

1. (archaic, poetic) past participle of cast

1. • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, L:LXXX:

     With Noſe up-turn'd, he always made a Shew

     As if he ſmelt ſome nauſeous Scent; his Eye

     Was cold, and keen, like Blaſt from boreal Snow;

     And Taunts he caſten forth moſt bitterly.

• ascent, enacts, secant, stance

Borrowed from English cast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstə(n)/, /ˈkaːstə(n)/

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• Homophone: kasten (by the first pronunciation)

casten

1. (transitive) to cast, assign performing parts in a production

From English cast, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːstən/
• Homophone: Karsten (one pronunciation)

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casten (third-person singular simple present castet, past tense castete, past participle gecastet, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to audition; to have a casting (evaluate people for a perfoming part)

   Es wurden drei Schauspieler für die Rolle gecastet, aber keiner davon passte.

   Three actors were auditioned for the part, but none of them seemed right.

2. (transitive, less common, at least in non-specialist use) to cast (choose someone for a performing part)

   Er wurde für die Rolle gecastet. ― He was cast for the part.

• (audition): vorsprechen lassen
• (cast): besetzen (the usual word); auswählen; verpflichten

• Casting