kast

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:

     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:

     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

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/

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• Hyphenation: kast
• Rhymes: -ɑst

Noun

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

1. cupboard, closet, wardrobe

Derived terms

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

Hungarian

Etymology

kas +‎ -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• 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

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) kastõ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.

Verb

kast

1. water
2. wet

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

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.

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

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 (an instance of throwing)

Declension

Derived terms

• uppkast
• nedkast
• inkast
• utkast

See also

• kasta

Etymology 2

From Portuguese or Spanish casta, of uncertain origin.

Noun

kast c

1. caste; an Indian hereditary social class

Declension

Anagrams

• akts, taks