Gästin
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German gestinne, Old High German kestīn. By surface analysis, Gast + -in.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Gästin f (genitive Gästin, plural Gästinnen)
- (uncommon) female equivalent of Gast
- 1689, Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, Großmüthiger Feldherr Arminius oder Herrmann, volume 1, Leipzig, page 414:
- Adgandester antwortete: Die Wahrheit wäre eine Bürgerin des Himmels / und eine seltsame Gästin auf Erden / also nicht Wunder: daß man sie nicht allezeit und allenthalben antreffe.
- Adgangester answered: The truth [which is a female noun in German] is a citizen of Heaven / and a rare guest on Earth / so it is unsurprising that one does not meet her everywhere or all the time.
- 2025 May 14, Christiane Rösinger, “Keine Angst vorm Gendern, liebe Mitboomer”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Die „Gästin“ wiederum wird mir kaum über die Lippen kommen, auch wenn angeblich Goethe schon von ihr sprach.
- The word [female] guest [as opposed to the more usual generic masculine] on the other hand I could hardly bring myself to use, even though it was supposedly already used by Goethe.
- 2025 August 26, Lea Wolters, “Restaurant Kanaan: Ein kulinarisches Friedensprojekt steht vor dem Aus”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- Das in Prenzlauer Berg ansässige Lokal gilt seit seiner Eröffnung 2015 als Symbol für Dialog und Zusammenhalt. Einige Gäste sind heute auch gekommen, weil sie von der Notlage des Restaurants mitbekommen haben. „So was gibt es sonst nicht in Berlin, stattdessen sind Boykott und Spaltung überall präsent“, sagt eine Gästin.
- The restaurant, which is in Prenzlauer Berg [in Berlin], has been a symbol of dialogue and cohesion since its opening in 2015. Some guests have also come because they have heard of the crisis the restaurant is facing. "We do not have this sort of thing elsewhere in Berlin, instead, we have omnipresent division and boycotts", says one [female] guest.
Usage notes
[edit]Very uncommon in German, but some recent use, perhaps influenced by “feminized” forms such as Vorständin.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gästin [feminine]
Further reading
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms inherited from Old High German
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- German terms suffixed with -in
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- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
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- German female equivalent nouns
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