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die Gast

noun · [ɡast] ·
Etymology

From Middle High German gast, from Old High German gast, from Proto-West Germanic *gasti, from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis. Germanic cognates include Dutch gast, English guest, Old Norse gestr (whence Swedish gäst, Danish gæst, Norwegian Nynorsk gjest, Norwegian Bokmål gjest, Icelandic gestur), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts). Indo-European cognates include Latin hostis (whence Italian oste, Spanish hoste/hueste, and French ost) and Proto-Slavic *gostь (whence Russian гость (gostʹ), Polish gość, and Serbo-Croatian gȏst).

Translation

  1. guest masculine, strong

    Der Gast saß mir gegenüber.

    The visitor sat across from me.

    Das Dienstmädchen kündigte jeden Gast einzeln an.

    The maid announced each guest.

    Seien Sie mein Gast.

    Be my guest.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Gast Gäste
Accusative Gast Gäste
Dative Gast Gästen
Genitive Gastes Gäste

Gast

noun ·

Translation

  1. diner source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  2. attendant source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. guest source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en