# kast
## English
### Etymology

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -æst

### Noun

kast (plural kasts or kasten)
* A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
** 2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times‎:At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.
** 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times‎:The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.

### Anagrams

* AKST, KTAS, askt, kats, skat, task

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

### Noun

kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)
* throw

#### Related terms

* give sig i kast med
* opkast
* indkast
* udkast

### Verb

kast
* imperative of kaste

### References

* “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto, from Proto-West Germanic *kastō (“chest, reservoir”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kast
* Rhymes: -ɑst

### Noun

kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)
* cupboard, closet, wardrobe

#### Derived terms

* boekenkast
* de muizen liggen dood voor de kast
* flipperkast
* gokkast
* handschoenenkast
* ijskast
* kettingkast
* kledingkast
* kleerkast
* koelkast
* ladenkast
* linnenkast
* opbergkast
* uit de kast komen
* van het kastje naar de muur sturen
* vrieskast

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kas
* Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
* Negerhollands: kas, kaśi
** → Virgin Islands Creole: kasi (dated)
* → Indonesian: kas
** → Ternate: kas
* → Papiamentu: kashi, kasji (from the diminutive)
* → Sranan Tongo: kasi
** → Aukan: kasi
** → Caribbean Hindustani: kási
** → Caribbean Javanese: kasi, kas

### Anagrams

* stak

## Estonian
### Noun

kast (genitive kasti, partitive kasti)
* box, chest, crate

#### Declension
## Hungarian
### Etymology

kas +‎ -t

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɒʃt]
* Hyphenation: kast

### Noun

kast
* accusative singular of kas

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰast/
* Rhymes: -ast

### Noun

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)
* throw
* fit, seizure

#### Declension
## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) kastõ

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.

### Verb

kast
* water
* wet

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kast.

#### Noun

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)
* throw

##### Derived terms

* diskoskast
* oppkast
* spydkast
* steinkast
* utkast
* vindkast
* øyekast

##### Related terms

* kaste (verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

kast
* imperative of kaste

### References

* “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse kast.
(folklore): Compare Swedish offerkast.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑst/

### Noun

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)
* throw (act of throwing something)
* (folklore) the same as varp

#### Derived terms

* diskoskast
* kastrøys
* oppkast
* spydkast
* steinkast
* terningkast
* utkast
* vindkast

### Verb

kast
* imperative of kasta

### References

* “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

#### Noun

kast n
* a throw (instance of throwing)
    ett långt kasta long throw
    ett underhandskast / överhandskastan underhand throw / overhand throw
** a roll (of a die)
    ett tärningskasta roll of the dice
* a throw (sudden, sharp movement)

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | kast | kasts |
| singular | definite | kastet | kastets |
| plural | indefinite | kast | kasts |
| plural | definite | kasten | kastens |

##### Derived terms

* inkast
* nedkast
* offerkast
* tjejkast
* uppkast
* utkast

##### See also

* kasta

### Etymology 2

From Portuguese or Spanish casta, of uncertain origin.

#### Noun

kast c
* a caste (Indian hereditary social class)

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | kast | kasts |
| singular | definite | kasten | kastens |
| plural | indefinite | kaster | kasters |
| plural | definite | kasterna | kasternas |

### References

* kast in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* akts, taks