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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkastn̩/
- Hyphenation: Kas‧ten; pre-1996: Ka‧sten
Etymology 1
From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.
Noun
Kasten m (strong, genitive Kastens, plural Kästen or (obsolete) Kasten, diminutive Kästchen n or Kästlein n)
- crate (e.g. for bottles)
- (regional, Germany) box, case
- (regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Kästen; the unchanged plural Kasten is now widely obsolete. (In the 19th century, however, the umlaut form was still deprecated as “wrong”, for example in Grimm's Deutsches Wörterbuch.)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
Kasten f pl
- plural of Kaste
Further reading
- “Kasten” in Duden online
- “Kasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache