kust

See also: kūst, Kūst, Küst, küşt, and куст

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʏst/
• Rhymes: -ʏst

• kust:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kust

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”), cognate with English coast, German Küste, French côte etc.

Noun

kust f (plural kusten, diminutive kustje n)

1. The shoreline
2. The coast, seaside
3. A coastal region
4. (obsolete, figuratively) A border, seem, edge, fringe etc.

Derived terms

• (by coast type) landkust, noordkust, oostkust, westkust, zuidkust, zeekust
• (geographical names) Goudkust, Greinkust, Ivoorkust, Peperkust, Tandkust; Noordzeekust etc.
• kustboot
• kustdialect
• kustlijn
• kustvaarder
• kustwacht

Coordinate terms

• oever

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kus

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Noun

kust m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) a choice, chosing
2. (obsolete) something chosen

Synonyms

• (choice): keuze
• (something chosen): keuze

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kust

1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of kussen
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of kussen

Anagrams

• stuk

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Estonian

Adverb

kust

1. (interrogative) where ... from
2. (relative) where ... from

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Latvian

Verb

kust (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present kūstu, kūsti, kūst, past kusu)

1. to thaw

   Ledus kūst. ― The ice thaws.

   Sniegs sāka kust. ― Snow's beginning to thaw.

2. to melt
3. to smelt

Conjugation

conjugation of kust

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	kūstu	kusu	kusīšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	kūsti	kusi	kusīsi	kūsti
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	kūst	kusa	kusīs	lai kūst
1st pers. pl.	mēs	kūstam	kusām	kusīsim	kusīsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	kūstat	kusāt	kusīsiet, kusīsit	kūstiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	kūst	kusa	kusīs	lai kūst
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	kūstot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		kūstošs
Past	esot kusis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		kusdams
Future	kusīšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		kūstot
Imperative	lai kūstot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		kūstam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		kusis
Present	kustu		Present Passive		—
Past	būtu kusis		Past Passive		—
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jākūst		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		kust
Conjunctive 1	esot jākūst		Negative Infinitive		nekust
Conjunctive 2	jākūstot		Verbal noun		kušana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• izkust
• nokust

Verb

kust

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of kustēt
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of kustēt
3. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of kustēt
4. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of kustēt

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

kust c

1. a coast (shoreline)

Declension

Declension of kust
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kust	kusten	kuster	kusterna
Genitive	kusts	kustens	kusters	kusternas

Anagrams

• kuts