Kasten

See also: kasten and Kästen

German

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
  • 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
Declension of Kasten [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kasten die Kästen, Kasten1
genitive eines des Kastens der Kästen, Kasten1
dative einem dem Kasten den Kästen, Kasten1
accusative einen den Kasten die Kästen, Kasten1

1Obsolete.

Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • kastenartig
  • Kastenbeschlag
  • Kastenbrot
  • Kastendeckel
  • Kastenform
  • Kastenholz
  • Kastenwagen
Descendants
  • → Kashubian: kasta

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Kasten f pl

  1. plural of Kaste

Further reading
  • “Kasten” in Duden online
  • “Kasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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