Kasten
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.
Noun
editKasten 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
edit- 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.)
Declension
editDeclension of Kasten [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Kashubian: kasta
See also
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editKasten f pl
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