gast

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Synonyms 3.3.2 Antonyms 3.3.3 Derived terms 3.3.4 Related terms 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.3.2 Descendants 5 Old High German 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun 7 Welsh 7.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English gasten from Old English gǣstan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɑ:st/

[edit] Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To frighten

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of agst
• gats
• stag
• tags

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Noun

gast f., pl gasted/gastoù

1. A whore, a bitch

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

Germanic, cognate with guest, German Gast

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

gast m. (plural gasten, diminutive gastje, diminutive plural gastjes)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• genodigde m.

[edit] Antonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] Related terms

• logeerkamer

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɑːst/

[edit] Noun

gāst m.

1. A soul, spirit, breath

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Descendants

• English: ghost

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰos-ti-s, whence also Old Norse gestr

[edit] Noun

gast m

1. A guest

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for gast	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	gast	gasten	gastar	gastarna
Possessive form	gasts	gastens	gastars	gastarnas

gast

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

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

gast f.

1. A bitch