kast

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

• Rhymes: -æst

kast (plural kasts or kasten)

1. A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
   • 2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.

   • 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.

• AKST, KTAS, askt, kats, skat, task

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)

1. throw

• give sig i kast med
• opkast
• indkast
• udkast

kast

1. imperative of kaste

• “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (“chest, reservoir”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

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• Hyphenation: kast
• Rhymes: -ɑst

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

1. cupboard, closet, wardrobe

• Afrikaans: kas
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
• Negerhollands: kas, kaśi
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kasi (dated)
• → Indonesian: kas
  • → Ternate: kas
• → Papiamentu: kashi, kasji (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: kasi
  • → Aukan: kasi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kási
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

• stak

kast (genitive kasti, partitive kasti)

1. box, chest, crate

Declension of kast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kast	kastid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kasti
genitive			kastide
partitive		kasti	kaste kastisid
illative		kasti kastisse	kastidesse kastesse
inessive		kastis	kastides kastes
elative		kastist	kastidest kastest
allative		kastile	kastidele kastele
adessive		kastil	kastidel kastel
ablative		kastilt	kastidelt kastelt
translative		kastiks	kastideks kasteks
terminative		kastini	kastideni
essive		kastina	kastidena
abessive		kastita	kastideta
comitative		kastiga	kastidega

kas +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʃt]
• Hyphenation: kast

kast

1. accusative singular of kas

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰast/
• Rhymes: -ast

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)

1. throw
2. fit, seizure

• (Courland) kastõ

From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.

kast

1. water
2. wet

From Old Norse kast.

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)

1. throw

• kaste (verb)

kast

1. imperative of kaste

• “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse kast.

(folklore): Compare Swedish offerkast.

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)

1. throw (act of throwing something)
2. (folklore) the same as varp

kast

1. imperative of kasta

• “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Audio:

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From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

kast n

1. a throw (instance of throwing)

   ett långt kast

   a long throw

   ett underhandskast / överhandskast

   an underhand throw / overhand throw

   1. a roll (of a die)

      ett tärningskast

      a roll of the dice

2. a throw (sudden, sharp movement)

• inkast
• nedkast
• offerkast
• tjejkast
• uppkast
• utkast

• kasta

From Portuguese or Spanish casta, of uncertain origin.

kast c

1. a caste (Indian hereditary social class)

• kast in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• akts, taks