fasten

See also: Fasten and fästen

English

Etymology

From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-Germanic *fastinōną, from *fastuz, equivalent to fast +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

Verb

fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
    The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
    Fasten your seatbelts!
    Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
    • Jonathan Swift
      The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
  2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
    to fasten a blow
    • Shakespeare
      if I can fasten but one cup upon him

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German

Etymology 1

Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfastn̩/, /ˈfastən/
  • Homophone: fassten
  • Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten

Verb

fasten (third-person singular simple present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fast
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːstən/
  • Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten

Verb

fasten

  1. First-person plural preterite of fasen.
  2. Third-person plural preterite of fasen.
  3. First-person plural subjunctive II of fasen.
  4. Third-person plural subjunctive II of fasen.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

fasten m, f

  1. definite masculine singular of faste

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną, whence also Old English fæstan, Old Norse fasta

Verb

fastēn

  1. to fast

Conjugation

Descendants

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