fasten
English
Etymology
From Middle English fastenen, from Old English fæstnian, from Proto-West Germanic *fastinōn (“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent to fast + -en.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːsən/, /ˈfɑːsn̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfæsən/, /ˈfæsn̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːsən, (General American) -æsən
Verb
fasten (third-person singular simple present fastens, present participle fastening, simple past and past participle fastened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.
- The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
- Fasten your seat belts!
- Can you fasten these boards together with some nails?
- May 31, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 43
- The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them.
- To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.
- to fasten a blow
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- if I can fasten but one cup upon him
Derived terms
Translations
to attach or connect in a secure manner
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German
Etymology 1
Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfastn̩/, /ˈfastən/
- Homophone: fassten
- Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten
Verb
fasten (weak, third-person singular present fastet, past tense fastete, past participle gefastet, auxiliary haben)
- to fast
Conjugation
Conjugation of fasten (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | fasten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | fastend | ||||
| past participle | gefastet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich faste | wir fasten | i | ich faste | wir fasten |
| du fastest | ihr fastet | du fastest | ihr fastet | ||
| er fastet | sie fasten | er faste | sie fasten | ||
| preterite | ich fastete | wir fasteten | ii | ich fastete1 | wir fasteten1 |
| du fastetest | ihr fastetet | du fastetest1 | ihr fastetet1 | ||
| er fastete | sie fasteten | er fastete1 | sie fasteten1 | ||
| imperative | fast (du) faste (du) |
fastet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of fasten (weak, auxiliary haben)
Related terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːstən/
- Hyphenation: fas‧ten; pre-1996: fa‧sten
Verb
fasten
- inflection of fasen:
- first/third-person plural preterite
- first/third-person plural subjunctive II
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fastēn (weak class 3)
| infinitive | fastēn | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | fastem | fasteta |
| 2nd person singular | fastes | fastetos |
| 3rd person singular | fastet | fasteta |
| 1st person plural | fastem, fastemes | fastetum, fastetumes |
| 2nd person plural | fastet | fastetut |
| 3rd person plural | fastent | fastetun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | faste | fasteti |
| 2nd person singular | fastes | fastetis |
| 3rd person singular | faste | fasteti |
| 1st person plural | fastem, fastemes | fastetim, fastetimes |
| 2nd person plural | fastet | fastetit |
| 3rd person plural | fasten | fastetin |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | faste | |
| plural | fastet | |
| participle | present | past |
| fastenti | gifastet | |
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