Kasten

See also: kasten and Kästen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastn̩/
• Hyphenation: Kas‧ten; pre-1996: Ka‧sten

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

Noun

Kasten m (strong, genitive Kastens, plural Kästen or (obsolete) Kasten, diminutive Kästchen n or Kästlein n)

1. crate (e.g. for bottles)
2. (regional, Germany) box, case
3. (regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Kästen; the unchanged plural Kasten is now widely obsolete. (In the 19th century, however, the umlaut form was still deprecated as “wrong”, for example in Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch.)

Declension

Declension of Kasten [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kasten	die	Kästen, Kasten1
genitive	eines	des	Kastens	der	Kästen, Kasten1
dative	einem	dem	Kasten	den	Kästen, Kasten1
accusative	einen	den	Kasten	die	Kästen, Kasten1

¹Obsolete.

Hyponyms

• Baukasten
• Bierkasten
• Blechkasten
• Bleistiftkasten
• Blumenkasten
• Briefkasten
• Brotkasten
• Buntstiftkasten
• Farbstiftkasten
• Federkasten
• Geigenkasten
• Getränkekasten
• Holzkasten
• Leierkasten
• Malkasten
• Postkasten
• Starenkasten
• Stürmerkasten
• Tuschkasten

 

Derived terms

• kastenartig

Related terms

• Kastenbeschlag
• Kastenbrot
• Kastendeckel
• Kastenform
• Kastenholz
• Kastenwagen

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: kasta

See also

• Verpackung
• Paket
• Kiste
• Schachtel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Kasten f pl

1. plural of Kaste

Further reading

• “Kasten” in Duden online
• “Kasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache