Noun: faste
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | faste |
| Sg. definite | fasten |
| Pl. indefinite | faster |
| Pl. definite | fasterne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | fastes |
| Sg. definite | fastens |
| Pl. indefinite | fasters |
| Pl. definite | fasternes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like faste
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastǭ (“fast”), cognate with German Fasten. Like the verb, derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
fasta', German Nouns '
Fasten'.
Translations
fast, to abstain from food