vasten

== English == === Etymology === From vast + -en (verbal suffix). === Verb === vasten (third-person singular simple present vastens, present participle vastening, simple past and past participle vastened) (rare, ambitransitive) To make or become vast === Anagrams === ventas, Avents, Vestan, vestan == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɑs.tə(n)/ Hyphenation: vas‧ten Rhymes: -ɑstən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch vasten, from Old Dutch *faston, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną. ==== Verb ==== vasten to fast ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: vas Negerhollands: vasten, vast === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch vastene f, from Old Dutch *fastunna, from Proto-Germanic *fastubniją, *fastubnijō, from *fastāną (“to fast”). Cognate with Old Saxon fastunnia, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹 (fastubni). ==== Noun ==== vasten m or n (uncountable, no diminutive) fast (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== vasten plural of vaste === Anagrams === staven == Finnish == === Etymology === Singular instructive of vasta-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑsten/, [ˈʋɑ̝s̠te̞n] Rhymes: -ɑsten Syllabification(key): vas‧ten Hyphenation(key): vas‧ten === Postposition === vasten [with partitive] against (in physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by) against (in physical opposition to; in collision with) against (of a position, against a background) preceding, before (immediately before) Synonym: ennen towards, against (to a direction) Synonyms: vastaan, kohti against (intentionally overruling) Synonym: vastoin (dialectal) synonym of varten (“for (a purpose)”) (dialectal) synonym of vastaan (“against (in opposition to, opposing)”) ==== Usage notes ==== Can also be used as a preposition without any change in meaning, but use as a postposition is significantly more common. ==== Inflection ==== === Adverb === vasten (colloquial, dialectal) synonym of vastaan (“against (in opposition of)”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vasten”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023 == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *faston, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn. === Verb === vasten to fast ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: vastenAfrikaans: vasNegerhollands: vasten, vast Limburgish: vaste === Further reading === “vasten (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vasten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I