bæst

See also: bast and bäst

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German best, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛːst/, [b̥ɛːˀsd̥]

Noun

bæst n (singular definite bæstet, plural indefinite bæster)

1. beast
2. brute

Declension

Declension of bæst

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bæst	bæstet	bæster	bæsterne
genitive	bæsts	bæstets	bæsters	bæsternes

Further reading

• “bæst” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”) (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)). Doublet of basket via Celtic and Latin fascēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæst/

Noun

bæst m (nominative plural bæstas)

1. bast; inner bark of a tree from which rope is made

Declension

Declension of bæst (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bæst	bæstas
accusative	bæst	bæstas
genitive	bæstes	bæsta
dative	bæste	bæstum