kast

See also: Kast

English

Etymology

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old High German kasto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

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
   • 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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, askt, kats, skat, task

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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. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kaste

References

• “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old High German kasto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: kast
• Rhymes: -ɑst

Noun

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

1. cupboard, closet

Derived terms

• flipperkast
• gokkast
• handschoenenkast
• ijskast
• kettingkast
• kledingkast
• kleerkast
• koelkast
• ladenkast
• linnenkast
• opbergkast
• uit de kast komen
• vrieskast

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: kasi

Anagrams

• stak

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Hungarian

Etymology

kas +‎ -t

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kast

1. accusative singular of kas

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰast/
• Rhymes: -ast

Noun

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)

1. throw
2. fit, seizure

Declension

declension of kast

n-s	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

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) kastõ

Etymology

From .

Verb

kast

1. water
2. wet

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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

Terms derived from kast

• diskoskast
• oppkast
• spydkast

• steinkast
• utkast

• vindkast
• øyekast

Related terms

• kaste (verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

kast

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kaste

References

• “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kast

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

Noun

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

1. throw (act of throwing something)

Derived terms

Terms derived from kast

• diskoskast
• oppkast
• spydkast

• steinkast
• terningkast

• utkast
• vindkast

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kasta

References

• “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Noun

kast n or c

1. throw; the flight of a thrown object
2. caste; an Indian hereditary social class

Declension

Declension of kast
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kast	kastet	kast	kasten
Genitive	kasts	kastets	kasts	kastens

Declension of kast
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kast	kasten	kaster	kasterna
Genitive	kasts	kastens	kasters	kasternas

Compounds

• uppkast
• nedkast
• inkast
• utkast

See also

• kasta

Anagrams

• akts, taks