German

Noun

Kaste f ‎(genitive Kaste, plural Kasten)

1. caste

Declension

Related terms

Danish

Noun

kaste c (singular definite kasten, plural indefinite kaster)

1. caste

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Danish kastæ, from Old Norse kasta (Norwegian kaste, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish kasta and English cast).

Verb

kaste ‎(imperative kast, infinitive at kaste, present tense kaster, past tense kastede, perfect tense har kastet)

1. to throw, to chuck

   Kaste en bold (Throw a ball)

2. to drop

   Kaste en bombe (fra et fly) (Drop a bomb (from an airplane))

3. to cast

   Koen kastede sin kalv (The cow cast its calf)

Related terms

• kaste masken
• kaste anker
• kaste et blik på
• kaste op
• kastebold
• kasteskyts
• kastevind

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstə/

Etymology

From Portuguese casta ‎(“lineage, race”), from the feminine of casto ‎(“pure, chaste”), from Latin castus ‎(“pure, clean”). Cognate with Danish, Norwegian (see below), German Kaste, English caste, French caste etc.

Noun

kaste f ‎(plural kasten, diminutive kastetje n)

1. a caste, hereditary Indian socio-religious class (except the 'unclean' lowest)
2. a similarly closed social class, especially if rather impenetrable -notably (de facto) hereditary-, as in Ancient Egypt or various tribal and feudal societies
3. any closed, social and/or hierarchic group, such as a priesthood or a military corps
4. (obsolete) national/ethnic group or character

Derived terms

• (by caste type) officierenkaste, priesterkaste m, f
• kastegeest m
• kastenregel m
• kastenstelsel n
• kasteverdeeling, kastenverdeeling
• kastenwezen n

Anagrams

• stake

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kastek.

Noun

kaste ‎(genitive kastme, partitive kastet)

1. dew
2. sauce

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• kastehein
• kastekann

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kastek. Equivalent to kastaa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑste̞ˣ]
• Rhymes: -ɑste
• Hyphenation: kas‧te

Noun

kaste

1. dew
2. baptism, christening

Declension

Derived terms

• aikuiskaste
• kasteenraikas
• kastemalja
• kastemekko
• upotuskaste

Anagrams

• katse, saket

Latvian

Noun

kaste f (5th declension)

1. box

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Portuguese casta 'lineage, race', from the feminine of casto 'pure, chaste', from Latin castus 'pure, clean' (cognate with kastijden 'to chastise', English chasten, French chaste etc.), cognate with Danish, Dutch (see above) etc.

Noun

kaste m ‎(definite singular kasten, indefinite plural kaster, definite plural kastene)

1. caste

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kasta (Danish kaste, Faroese, Icelandic, Swedish kasta and English cast).

Verb

kaste ‎(imperative kast, present tense kaster, passive kastes, simple past and past participle kasta or kastet, present participle kastende)

1. (transitive) to throw
2. (transitive) to dart
3. to cast

   kaste skygge - cast a shadow

Related terms

• kast

Derived terms

• bortkastet
• kaste opp
• kringkaste

References

• “kaste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kaste m ‎(definite singular kasten, indefinite plural kastar, definite plural kastane)

1. caste

Verb

kaste ‎(present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kaste/kast)

1. Alternative form of kasta

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kastek.

Noun

kaste

1. dew

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “роса”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika