# kust
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʏst/
* Rhymes: -ʏst
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kust

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cost, from Old French coste, from Latin costa (“rib, side”), cognate with English coast, German Küste, French côte etc.

#### Noun

kust f (plural kusten, diminutive kustje n)
* the shoreline
* the coast, seaside
* a coastal region
* (obsolete, figuratively) a border, seem, edge, fringe etc.

##### Coordinate terms

* oever

##### Derived terms

* (by coast type) landkust, noordkust, oostkust, westkust, zuidkust, zeekust
* (geographical names) Goudkust, Greinkust, Ivoorkust, Noordzeekust, Peperkust, Slavenkust, Tandkust etc.
* kustboot
* kustdialect
* kustgebied
* kusthaven
* kustland
* kustlijn
* kustplaats
* kuststaat
* kuststrook
* kustvaarder
* kustverdediging
* kustwacht
* kustwater

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: kus

#### Further reading

* “kust” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Equivalent to kiezen (“to choose”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”).

#### Noun

kust m (uncountable)
* (obsolete) a choice, choosing
* (obsolete) something chosen

##### Synonyms

* (choice): keuze
* (something chosen): keuze

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kust
* inflection of kussen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative

### Anagrams

* stuk

## Estonian
### Adverb

kust (not comparable)
* (interrogative) where ... from
* (relative) where ... from

### See also
## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkustɑ/, [ˈkus̠t]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkust/, [ˈkuʃt]
* Rhymes: -ust
* Hyphenation: kust

#### Pronoun

kust
* elative singular of kuka: whence?

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkustɑ/, [ˈkus̠t]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkust/, [ˈkuʃt]
* Rhymes: -ust
* Hyphenation: kust

#### Noun

kust
* partitive singular of kusi

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* kussut

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkust/, [ˈkus̠t]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkust/, [ˈkuʃt]
* Rhymes: -ust
* Hyphenation: kust

#### Verb

kust
* past indicative connegative singular of kussa

#### Participle

kust
* past active participle of kussa

##### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 223

## Latvian
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

kust (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present kūstu, kūsti, kūst, past kusu)
* to thaw
    Ledus kūst. ― The ice thaws.
    Sniegs sāka kust. ― Snow's beginning to thaw.
* to melt
* to smelt

#### Derived terms

    prefixed verbs:
* izkust
* nokust

### Verb

kust
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of kustēt
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of kustēt
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of kustēt

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kust c
* coast (shoreline)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kust in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* kuts