kiste

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kista, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kiste c (singular definite kisten, plural indefinite kister)

  1. chest
  2. coffin, casket

Inflection

Declension of kiste
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kiste kisten kister kisterne
genitive kistes kistens kisters kisternes

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

kiste

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kisten

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

kiste

  1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Latin cista and Old Norse kista.

Noun

kiste f or m (definite singular kista or kisten, indefinite plural kister, definite plural kistene)

  1. a chest or trunk (large box)
  2. (likkiste) a coffin

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kista, from Latin cista.

Pronunciation

Noun

kiste f (definite singular kista, indefinite plural kister, definite plural kistene)

  1. a chest or trunk (large box)
  2. (likkiste) a coffin

Derived terms

References

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cisˈte/
  • Hyphenation: kis‧te

Noun

kiste

  1. dative singular of kist

West Frisian

Etymology

Compare Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest”). Ultimately from Latin cista. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

kiste c (plural kisten, diminutive kistke)

  1. chest, box, case
  2. coffin, casket

Further reading

  • “kiste”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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