fast
adv · /fast/ ·Etymology
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.
Translation
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almost; nearly
Fast 60 Spielfilme sind zu sehen.
There are almost 60 feature films to see.
Es hat mir fast Angst gemacht, dich einen ganzen Tag nicht online zu sehen.
It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.
- almost source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
- hardly
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extremely, very much
obsolete
ALs nu Abram in Egypten kam / sahen die Egypter das Weib / das sie fast schön war.
Now as Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was extremely beautiful.