Mast

See also: mast, MAST, masť, mást, måst, and mast-

English

Etymology

• As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”).
• Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”).
• As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the sense of "fodder" above.

Proper noun

Mast

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mast”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 529.

Anagrams

• Mats, tams, amts, mats, TAMs, MTAs, ATMs, AMTs, MATs, Stam, ASTM, stam, MATS

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mast/

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German mast, from Old High German mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast.

Noun

Mast m (mixed or strong, genitive Mastes or Masts, plural Masten or Maste)

1. mast (of a ship)
2. pylon, pole (holding up wire or cable, e.g. for electricity or a cable car)

Usage notes

• The usual plural is Masten; the form Maste is rare.

Declension

Declension of Mast [masculine, mixed // strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mast	die	Masten, Maste
genitive	eines	des	Mastes, Masts	der	Masten, Maste
dative	einem	dem	Mast, Maste1	den	Masten
accusative	einen	den	Mast	die	Masten, Maste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Besanmast
• Fahnenmast
• Fockmast
• Großmast
• Kreuzmast
• Leitungsmast
• Strommast
• Telefonmast
• Telegrafenmast
• Vormast

See also

• Rah
• Segel
• Takelage
• Schiff

Etymology 2

From Middle High German mast, from Old High German mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mad(z)do-. Related to *matiz (“food”).

Cognate with Dutch mast, English mast. Probably related with Mett (“minced meat”).

Noun

Mast f (genitive Mast, plural Masten)

1. (originally) mast (fodder made of acorns and beechnuts)
2. (now most usually) the process of fattening livestock
3. (chiefly in compounds) a large animal farm

Declension

Declension of Mast [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mast	die	Masten
genitive	einer	der	Mast	der	Masten
dative	einer	der	Mast	den	Masten
accusative	eine	die	Mast	die	Masten

Hyponyms

• Eichelmast
• Entenmast
• Gänsemast
• Hühnermast
• Kälbermast
• Putenmast
• Rindermast
• Schweinemast

Related terms

• mästen

Further reading

• “Mast”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Mast” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• Maascht (archaic)

Etymology

From German Mast. Displaced the inherited form above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑst]

Noun

Mast m (plural Masten)

1. mast (of a ship)