gast

See also Gast, and gäst

English

Etymology

From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɑːst/

Verb

gast (third-person singular simple present gasts, present participle gasting, simple past and past participle gasted)

1. (obsolete) To frighten

   And be not so a-gast, for shame! —Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame

   Or whether gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled. —William Shakespeare, King Lear

Anagrams

• gats, stag, tags

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Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• wast

Noun

gast m. (oblique plural gasts, nominative singular gasts, nominative plural gast)

1. destruction

Descendants

• English: waste (from the variant wast)

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Breton

Noun

gast f. (plural gastoù, gasted)

1. (vulgar, pejorative) whore, bitch

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑst
• IPA: /ɣɑst/, /xɑst/

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gast, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gast m. (plural gasten, diminutive gastje)

1. A guest
2. (chiefly in combinations) A knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy
3. (colloquial) A dude, chap; thus the diminutive gastje means kid

Synonyms

• genodigde m.

Antonyms

• (guest): gastheer m.
• (apprentice): meester m., stagemeester m.

Derived terms

• eregast m.
• gastenverblijf n.
• gastheer m., gastvrouw f.
• gasthuis n.
• gastorganisme n.
• gastvriend m.
• gastvrijheid
• bakkersgast m.
• slagersgast m.
• spuitgast m.
• vergasten

Related terms

• logeerkamer

Verb

gast

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of gassen.
2. plural imperative of gassen.

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Gothic

Romanization

gast

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄

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Old English

Etymology

West Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. Cognate with Old Saxon gēst, Dutch geest, Old High German geist (German Geist).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɑːst/

Alternative forms

• gæst

Noun

gāst m.

1. A soul, spirit, breath

   • Ne ne is gāst on mūþe heora. — There is not breath in their mouths.
   • Se gāst is hræd. — The spirit is nimble.

Declension

    Declension of gast (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	gāst	gāstas
accusative	gāst	gāstas
genitive	gāstes	gāsta
dative	gāste	gāstum

Derived terms

• gāstan — to meditate
• gāstberend (æ) m — living soul, man.
• gāstbona m — soul-slayer, the Devil
• gāstbrūcende — practicing in the spirit
• gāstcofa m — breast
• gāstcund — spiritual
• gāstcwalu f — torment, pains of hell
• gāstcyning m. soul's king, God
• gāstedom — spirituality
• gāstgedāl n — death
• gāstgehygd n — thought
• gāstgemynd n — thought
• gāstgenīþla m — devil
• gāstgerȳne n — spiritual mystery: thought, consideration.
• gāstgewinn n — soul-torment, pains of hell
• gāstgifu f — special gift of the Holy Spirit (gift of tongues)
• gāsthālig — holy in spirit, holy.
• gāstlēas — lifeless, dead, ghostless
• gāstlic — spiritual, holy; clerical, ghastly, spectral
• gāstlīce — spiritually, ghostly
• gāstlufu f — spiritual love
• gāstsunu m — spiritual son, Christ

Descendants

• ghost
• gost

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Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰostis, whence also Old Norse gestr

Noun

gast m.

1. A guest

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Swedish

Noun

gast c.

1. A crew member on a ship
2. (archaic) A ghost

Declension

Declension of gast

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gast	gasten	gastar	gastarna
genitive	gasts	gastens	gastars	gastarnas

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Welsh

Noun

gast f. (plural geist) 

1. (vulgar, pejorative) bitch