kast

See also: Kast

English

Etymology

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (chest), from Old High German kasto (chest, reservoir), from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æst

Noun

kast (plural kasts or kasten)

  1. A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
    • 2007, January 19, “Roberta Smith”, in Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity:
      At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.
    • 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times:
      The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (throw).

Noun

kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)

  1. throw

Declension

Verb

kast

  1. imperative of kaste

References


Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch caste (chest), from Old High German kasto (chest, reservoir), from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑst/
  • Rhymes: -ɑst
  • (file)

Noun

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

  1. cupboard, closet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: kasi

Anagrams


Hungarian

Etymology

kas + -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒʃt]
  • Hyphenation: kast

Noun

kast

  1. accusative singular of kas

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰast/
  • Rhymes: -ast

Noun

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)

  1. throw
  2. fit, seizure

Declension


Livonian

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) kastõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.

Verb

kast

  1. water
  2. wet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kast

Noun

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)

  1. throw
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

kast

  1. imperative of kaste

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kast

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑst/

Noun

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)

  1. throw (act of throwing something)

Derived terms

Verb

kast

  1. imperative of kasta and kaste

References


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

kast n or c

  1. throw; the flight of a thrown object
  2. caste; an Indian hereditary social class

Declension

Declension of kast 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kast kastet kast kasten
Genitive kasts kastets kasts kastens
Declension of kast 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kast kasten kaster kasterna
Genitive kasts kastens kasters kasternas

Compounds

See also

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