casten

English

Verb

casten

1. (archaic, poetic) past participle of cast

Quotations

1. • 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, L:LXXX:

     With Noſe up-turn'd, he always made a Shew

     As if he ſmelt ſome nauſeous Scent; his Eye

     Was cold, and keen, like Blaſt from boreal Snow;

     And Taunts he caſten forth moſt bitterly.

Anagrams

• ascent, enacts, secant, stance

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstə(n)/, /ˈkaːstə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: kasten (by the first pronunciation)

Verb

casten

1. (transitive) to cast, assign performing parts in a production

Inflection

Conjugation of casten (weak)
infinitive	casten
past singular	castte
past participle	gecast
infinitive	casten
gerund	casten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	cast	castte
2nd person sing. (jij)	cast	castte
2nd person sing. (u)	cast	castte
2nd person sing. (gij)	cast	castte
3rd person singular	cast	castte
plural	casten	castten
subjunctive sing.1	caste	castte
subjunctive plur.1	casten	castten
imperative sing.	cast
imperative plur.1	cast
participles	castend	gecast
1) Archaic.

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German

Etymology

From English cast, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːstən/
• Homophone: Karsten (one pronunciation)

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

1. (transitive or intransitive) to audition; to have a casting (evaluate people for a perfoming part)

   Es wurden drei Schauspieler für die Rolle gecastet, aber keiner davon passte.

   Three actors were auditioned for the part, but none of them seemed right.

2. (transitive, less common, at least in non-specialist use) to cast (choose someone for a performing part)

   Er wurde für die Rolle gecastet. ― He was cast for the part.

Synonyms

• (audition): vorsprechen lassen
• (cast): besetzen (the usual word); auswählen; verpflichten

Related terms

• Casting