fasten

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːsn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæsn̩/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːsən, (General American) -æsən === Verb === fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened) (ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner. May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43 The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Stefan, nefast == German == === Etymology 1 === Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfastn̩/, /ˈfastən/ Homophone: fassten Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten ==== Verb ==== fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben) to fast ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== Fasten Fastenzeit Fastnacht === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfaːstən/ Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten ==== Verb ==== fasten inflection of fasen: first/third-person plural preterite first/third-person plural subjunctive II === Further reading === “fasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “fasten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “fasten” in Duden online “fasten” in OpenThesaurus.de == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === fasta === Noun === fasten m or f definite masculine singular of faste == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *fastēn. === Verb === fastēn to fast ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fasta (“fast”, noun) →? Proto-Slavic: *postъ ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: vasten Cimbrian: bastan German: fasten Luxembourgish: faaschten Yiddish: פֿאַסטן (fastn)