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English
Etymology
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
Fasten your seat belts!
Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
- May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
- To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
to fasten a blow
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :if I can fasten but one cup upon him
Derived terms
Translations
to attach or connect in a secure manner
- Azerbaijani: taxmaq (az)
- Bulgarian: свързвам (bg) (svǎrzvam), закрепвам (bg) (zakrepvam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 系住 (xìzhù), 扣住 (zh) (kòuzhù), 閂上／闩上 (shuānshàng)
- Czech: připoutat, připevnit
- Danish: fastgøre (da), fæstne, sætte fast, hæfte
- Dutch: vastmaken (nl)
- Finnish: kiinnittää (fi)
- French: attacher (fr), fixer (fr)
- Galician: amarrar (gl), trincar, atar (gl)
- Georgian: დამაგრება (damagreba), მიმაგრება (mimagreba)
- German: befestigen (de), festmachen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gawidan)
- Greek: δένω (el) (déno)
- Ancient: πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi), ἐξάπτω (exáptō)
- Hungarian: rögzít (hu)
- Irish: ceangail, greamaigh
- Japanese: 締める (ja) (しめる, shimeru), 留める (ja) (とめる, tomeru)
- Kabuverdianu: butuá, bôtua
- Latin: nectō, pangō
- Lithuanian: segti (with a pin)
- Maori: whakatina, whakangita, tīpona (around the wrist), makatiti (with a peg, nail, or wedge), pine (with a pin), titi (with a peg), whakamau, whakapiri (with an adhesive), whakarapa (with an adhesive), whakarawa (with a lock or bolt), kōtui (with a rope), tautara, tāmau, mātiti (with a peg), whakananawe, pona (with a line)
- Norwegian: spenne fast
- Bokmål: feste (no)
- Nynorsk: feste
- Ottoman Turkish: باغلامق (bağlamak)
- Persian: بستن (fa) (bastan)
- Polish: zapinać (pl) impf, zapiąć (pl) pf (with buttons)
- Portuguese: apertar (pt), atar (pt), firmar (pt), segurar (pt)
- Romanian: fixa (ro), atașa (ro)
- Russian: закрепля́ть (ru) impf (zakrepljátʹ), крепи́ть (ru) impf (krepítʹ), закрепи́ть (ru) pf (zakrepítʹ), привя́зывать (ru) impf (privjázyvatʹ), привяза́ть (ru) pf (privjazátʹ)
- Spanish: atar (es), abrochar (es)
- Swedish: fästa (sv), sätta fast (sv), spänna fast
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German
Etymology 1
Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Pronunciation
Verb
fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)
- to fast
Conjugation
Conjugation of
fasten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
fasten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːstən/
- Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten
Verb
fasten
- inflection of fasen:
- first/third-person plural preterite
- first/third-person plural subjunctive II
Further reading
- “fasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fasten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fasten” in Duden online
- “fasten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
fasten m or f
- definite masculine singular of faste
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Verb
fastēn
- to fast
Conjugation
Conjugation of fastēn (weak class 3)
Derived terms
Descendants