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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Breton

Noun

gast f

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. guest
2. (chiefly in combinations) knave, worker, apprentice, delivery boy
3. (colloquial) dude, chap

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. See 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄

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Old English

Etymology

From (West) Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. Cognate with Old Frisian gāst, Old Saxon gēst, Dutch geest, Old High German geist (German Geist). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeysd-, *ǵʰisd- (“anger, agitation”).

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

• Middle English: gast, gost
  • Scots: gast, gaist
  • English: ghost

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Old French

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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Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

gast m

1. A guest

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Old Saxon

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *gastiz, whence also Old English ġiest.

Noun

gast f

1. guest

Declension

Declension of gast

	Singular	Plural
nominative	gast	gesti
accusative	gast	gesti
genitive	gesti	gastiō
dative	gesti	gastium

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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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gast	ast	ngast	unchanged