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fast.

almost; nearly

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adv/fast//faʃt/

  1. almost; nearly

    Fast 60 Spielfilme sind zu sehen.

  2. hardly

  3. extremely, very much

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German vast, vaste, from Old High German fasto (“solidly, strictly, securely”), from Proto-West Germanic *fastō, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz. Cognate with Middle Low German vaste (whence German Low German fast), English fast (adverb). Compare also German fest, English fast (adjective), Dutch vast.

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