Noun: kast
| Singular | kast |
| Plural | kasts; kasten |
Sample Sentences
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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. [2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times:]
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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. [2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times:]
Nouns inflected like kast
weltanschauung,
sackung,
gestalt,
gadgetbahn,
Thomaskantor,
autobahn,
festschrift,
Urheimat,
Umwelt,
privatdozent,
klomp,
vrouw,
Hausfrau,
gemeinschaft,
hausfrau,
mevrouw,
Hallig,
mynheer,
umwelt,
Aktionsart, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō. See: Dutch Nouns '
kast'.