Kasten

== 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 or Kasterl n) (regional, Germany) crate (e.g. for bottles) Synonym: Kiste (regional, Germany) box, case Synonym: Kiste (regional, Switzerland, Austria and parts of Southern Germany) cupboard Synonym: Schrank (sports, journalistic) goal (area) Synonym: Fußballtor (slang) tall person with a broad frame, (absolute) unit, tank Synonym: Schrank ===== 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 ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Kashubian: kasta ==== See also ==== Verpackung Paket Kiste Schachtel === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Kasten f pl plural of Kaste === Further reading === “Kasten” in Duden online “Kasten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)