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Kasten

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See also: kasten and Kästen

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkastn̩/
  • Hyphenation: Kas‧ten; pre-1996: Ka‧sten

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

Noun

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

  1. crate (e.g. for bottles)
  2. (regional, Germany) box, case
  3. (regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard
Usage notes
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  • 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
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Hyponyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Kashubian: kasta

See also

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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Kasten f pl

  1. plural of Kaste

Further reading

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  • Kasten” in Duden online
  • Kasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache