Kasten
See also: kasten and Kästen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkastn̩/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto.
Noun
Kasten m (genitive Kastens, plural Kästen or Kasten, diminutive Kästchen n or Kästlein n)
- crate (e.g. for bottles)
- (regional, Germany) box, case
- (regional, 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
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Kasten | die | Kästen |
| genitive | eines | des | Kastens | der | Kästen |
| dative | einem | dem | Kasten | den | Kästen |
| accusative | einen | den | Kasten | die | Kästen |
Declension of Kasten
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Kasten | die | Kasten |
| genitive | eines | des | Kastens | der | Kasten |
| dative | einem | dem | Kasten | den | Kasten |
| accusative | einen | den | Kasten | die | Kasten |
Hyponyms
- Blechkasten (“metal box”)
- Bleistiftkasten (“pencil box”)
- Briefkasten (“mailbox”)
- Brotkasten (“bread box, breadbin”)
- Buntstiftkasten (“color pencil box”)
- Bierkasten
- Farbstiftkasten
- Federkasten
- Geigenkasten
- Getränkekasten
- Holzkasten
- Leierkasten
- Malkasten
- Postkasten
- Stürmerkasten
- Tuschkasten
Derived terms
- kastenartig
Related terms
- Kastenbeschlag
- Kastenbrot
- Kastenform
- Kastenholz
- Kastenwagen (“box wagon”)
See also
- Verpackung
- Paket
- Kiste
- Schachtel
Noun
Kasten f pl
- plural of Kaste
Further reading
- Kasten in Duden online