kust

See also: kūst, Kūst, Küst, and küşt

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʏst/
  • Rhymes: -ʏst
  • kust(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)

  1. The shoreline
  2. The coast, seaside
  3. A coastal region
  4. (obsolete, figuratively) A border, seem, edge, fringe etc.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch cust, from Old Dutch *kust, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Noun

kust m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) a choice, chosing
  2. (obsolete) something chosen
Synonyms

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

kust

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of kussen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of kussen

Anagrams

Latvian

Verb

kust intr., 1st conj., pres. kūstu, kūsti, kūst, past kusu

  1. to thaw
    Ledus kūst. ― The ice thaws.
    Sniegs sāka kust. ― Snow's beginning to thaw.
  2. to melt
  3. to smelt

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • izkust
  • nokust

Verb

kust

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of kustēt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of kustēt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of kustēt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of kustēt

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

kust c

  1. a coast (shoreline)

Declension

Declension of kust 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kust kusten kuster kusterna
Genitive kusts kustens kusters kusternas
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