kast

See also: Kast, kaśt, and каст

English

Etymology

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æst

Noun

kast (plural kasts or kasten)

1. A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
   • 2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.

   • 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.

Anagrams

• AKST, KTAS, askt, kats, skat, task

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

Noun

kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)

1. throw

Declension

Declension of kast

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kast	kastet	kast	kastene
genitive	kasts	kastets	kasts	kastenes

Related terms

• give sig i kast med
• opkast
• indkast
• udkast

Verb

kast

1. imperative of kaste

References

• “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (“chest, reservoir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kast
• Rhymes: -ɑst

Noun

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

1. cupboard, closet, wardrobe

Derived terms

• archiefkast
• boekenkast
• de muizen liggen dood voor de kast
• flipperkast
• gokkast
• handschoenenkast
• hoerenkast
• ijskast
• kettingkast
• keukenkast
• kledingkast
• kleerkast
• koelkast
• ladenkast
• linnenkast
• medicijnkast
• opbergkast
• uit de kast komen
• van het kastje naar de muur sturen
• vrieskast

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kas
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
• Negerhollands: kas, kaśi
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kasi (dated)
• → Indonesian: kas
  • → Ternate: kas
• → Papiamentu: kashi, kasji (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: kasi
  • → Aukan: kasi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kási
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

Anagrams

• stak

Estonian

Noun

kast (genitive kasti, partitive kasti)

1. box, chest, crate

Declension

Declension of kast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kast	kastid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kasti
genitive			kastide
partitive		kasti	kaste kastisid
illative		kasti kastisse	kastidesse kastesse
inessive		kastis	kastides kastes
elative		kastist	kastidest kastest
allative		kastile	kastidele kastele
adessive		kastil	kastidel kastel
ablative		kastilt	kastidelt kastelt
translative		kastiks	kastideks kasteks
terminative		kastini	kastideni
essive		kastina	kastidena
abessive		kastita	kastideta
comitative		kastiga	kastidega

Hungarian

Etymology

kas +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʃt]
• Hyphenation: kast

Noun

kast

1. accusative singular of kas

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰast/
• Rhymes: -ast

Noun

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)

1. throw
2. fit, seizure

Declension

Declension of kast (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kast	kastið	köst	köstin
accusative	kast	kastið	köst	köstin
dative	kasti	kastinu	köstum	köstunum
genitive	kasts	kastsins	kasta	kastanna

Livonian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German kast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑst/, [ˈkɑsˑt̪]

Noun

kast

1. box

Declension

Declension of kast (80)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	kast	kastūd
genitive (genitīv)	kast	kastūd
partitive (partitīv)	kastõ	kastīdi
dative (datīv)	kastõn	kastūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kastõks	kastūdõks
illative (illatīv)	kastõ	kastīž
inessive (inesīv)	kastõs	kastīs
elative (elatīv)	kastõst	kastīst

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kast”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Etymology 2

Verb

kast

1. Salaca form of kastõ (“to water, to wet”)

References

• Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch
• Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kast.

Noun

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)

1. throw

Derived terms

• diskoskast
• oppkast
• spydkast
• steinkast
• utkast
• vindkast
• øyekast

Related terms

• kaste (verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

kast

1. imperative of kaste

References

• “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kast.

(folklore): Compare Swedish offerkast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

Noun

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)

1. throw (act of throwing something)
2. (folklore) the same as varp

Derived terms

• diskoskast
• kastrøys
• oppkast
• spydkast
• steinkast
• terningkast
• utkast
• vindkast

Verb

kast

1. imperative of kasta

References

• “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

Noun

kast n

1. a throw (instance of throwing)

   ett långt kast

   a long throw

   ett underhandskast / överhandskast

   an underhand throw / overhand throw

   1. a roll (of a die)

      ett tärningskast

      a roll of the dice

2. a throw (sudden, sharp movement)

Declension

Declension of kast

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kast	kasts
	definite	kastet	kastets
plural	indefinite	kast	kasts
	definite	kasten	kastens

Derived terms

• inkast
• nedkast
• offerkast
• tjejkast
• uppkast
• utkast

See also

• kasta

Etymology 2

From Portuguese or Spanish casta, of uncertain origin.

Noun

kast c

1. a caste (Indian hereditary social class)

Declension

Declension of kast

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kast	kasts
	definite	kasten	kastens
plural	indefinite	kaster	kasters
	definite	kasterna	kasternas

References

• kast in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• akts, taks