Kasten

See also: kasten and Kästen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkastn̩/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto.

Noun

Kasten m (genitive Kastens, plural Kästen or Kasten, diminutive Kästchen n or Kästlein n)

  1. crate (e.g. for bottles)
  2. (regional, Germany) box, case
  3. (regional, Austria and parts of southern Germany) cupboard

Usage notes

  • 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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • kastenartig
  • Kastenbeschlag
  • Kastenbrot
  • Kastenform
  • Kastenholz
  • Kastenwagen (box wagon)

See also

Noun

Kasten f pl

  1. plural of Kaste

Further reading

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