Gast
English
Etymology
- As a German surname, from Gast (“guest”) (see below).
- As an Alemannic German surname, shortened from the personal Germanic names Arbogast and Gastolf (compare German Gasthof).
- As a French surname, from Old French gast (“wasteland”).
Proper noun
Gast (plural Gasts)
- A surname.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gast, from Old High German gast. Cognate with English guest.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gast m (strong, genitive Gastes or Gasts, plural Gäste, feminine Gast or Gästin)
Usage notes
Gast is one of the few German masculine nouns referring to human beings that has no feminine equivalent. Gast is used for both male and female guests.
Declension
Declension of Gast [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Gast” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gast” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Gast” in Duden online
- Gast on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gast”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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