tosten

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

tosten

  1. inflection of tosen:
    1. first/third-person plural preterite
    2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French toster, from Latin tostus, from torreō, from Proto-Italic *torzeō, from Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti.

Pronunciation

Verb

tosten

  1. (rare) To toast; to brown bread.
  2. (rare) To burn or heat.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tosten (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) tosten, toste
present tense past tense
1st-person singular toste tosted
2nd-person singular tostest tostedest
3rd-person singular tosteth tosted
subjunctive singular toste
imperative singular —
plural1 tosten, toste tosteden, tostede
imperative plural tosteth, toste —
participles tostynge, tostende tosted, ytosted

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: toast
  • Scots: toast

References

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