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

Derived terms

Terms derived from Kasten

Blechkasten (“metal box”)
Bleistiftkasten (“pencil box”)
Brotkasten (“bread box, breadbin”)

Farbstiftkasten, Buntstiftkasten (“color pencil box”)
Federkasten
Kastenwagen (“box wagon”)

Leierkasten
Malkasten
Stürmerkasten

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Kasten f pl

plural of Kaste

Further reading

Kasten in Duden online

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