Test

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See also: test, TEST, tèst, těst, tęst, țest, and tesť

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

Test (plural Tests)

  1. (cricket) A Test match.

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Proper noun[edit]

Test

  1. A river in Hampshire, England, which empties into the Solent near Southampton.

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German[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɛst/, [tɛst]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English test, from Old French test (“pot; melting pot, especially one in which metals were tried”), from Latin testum (“pot”). Compare etymology 2 below. The development from “melting pot” to “procedure of testing metals” also happened natively in earlier German, but the further generalisation is exclusively English.

Noun[edit]

Test m (strong, genitive Tests or Testes, plural Tests or (colloquial) Teste, diminutive Testchen n)

  1. test
Usage notes[edit]
  • The commoner plural is Tests. The form Teste is chiefly colloquial.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Test [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Test die Tests, Teste2
genitive eines des Tests, Testes der Tests, Teste2
dative einem dem Test, Teste1 den Tests, Testen2
accusative einen den Test die Tests, Teste2

1Now rare, see notes.
2Colloquial.

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Derived terms of Test (adjectives)
Derived terms of Test (nouns)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle High German test (“melting pot”), from Old French test, from Latin testum.

Noun[edit]

Test m (strong, genitive Testes, plural Teste)

  1. (obsolete) melting pot
    Synonyms: Tiegel, Schmelztiegel
Declension[edit]
Declension of Test [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Test die Teste
genitive eines des Testes der Teste
dative einem dem Test, Teste1 den Testen
accusative einen den Test die Teste

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading[edit]

  • “Test” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Test” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Test” in Duden online

Plautdietsch[edit]

Noun[edit]

Test m (plural Tests)

  1. test
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