casten

casten

1. (archaic, poetic) past participle of cast

• ascent, enacts, scante, secant, stance

Borrowed from English cast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑstə(n)/, [ˈkɑːstə(n)]

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• Hyphenation: cas‧ten
• Homophone: kasten (by the first pronunciation)

casten

1. (transitive) to cast, assign performing parts in a production

• cast

Borrowed from English cast, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːstən/
• Homophone: Karsten (one pronunciation)

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casten (weak, third-person singular present castet, past tense castete, past participle gecastet, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to audition; to have a casting (evaluate people for a perfoming part)

   Synonym: vorsprechen lassen

   Es wurden drei Schauspieler für die Rolle gecastet, aber keiner davon passte.

   Three actors were auditioned for the part, but none of them seemed right.

2. (transitive, less common, at least in non-specialist use) to cast (choose someone for a performing part)

   Er wurde für die Rolle gecastet. ― He was cast for the part.

• (cast): besetzen (the usual word); auswählen; verpflichten

• Casting