Kasten

See also: kasten and Kästen

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkastn̩/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto.

Noun

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

1. crate (e.g. for bottles)
2. (regional, Germany) box, case
3. (regional, 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.)

Hyponyms

• Bierkasten
• Blechkasten (“metal box”)
• Bleistiftkasten (“pencil box”)
• Blumenkasten
• Briefkasten (“mailbox”)
• Brotkasten (“bread box, breadbin”)
• Buntstiftkasten (“color pencil box”)
• Farbstiftkasten
• Federkasten
• Geigenkasten
• Getränkekasten
• Holzkasten
• Leierkasten
• Malkasten
• Postkasten
• Stürmerkasten
• Tuschkasten

 

Derived terms

• kastenartig

Related terms

• Kastenbeschlag
• Kastenbrot
• Kastendeckel
• Kastenform
• Kastenholz
• Kastenwagen (“box wagon”)

See also

• Verpackung
• Paket
• Kiste
• Schachtel

Etymology 2

Noun

Kasten f pl

1. plural of Kaste

Further reading

• “Kasten” in Duden online