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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

kaste.

caste

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʰasd̥ə]

  1. caste

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Via German Kaste from Portuguese casta (“bloodline, race, caste”), probably from the feminine of the adjective casto (“chaste”), from Latin castus.

verb[ˈkʰasd̥ə]

  1. to throw, to chuck

    Kaste en bold.

  2. to drop

    Kaste en bombe (fra et fly).

  3. to cast

    Koen kastede sin kalv.
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish kastæ, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), cognate with Norwegian kaste and Swedish kasta. English cast is borrowed from Old Norse.

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