casten

casten

1. (archaic, poetic) past participle of cast

• ascent, enacts, scante, secant, stance

Borrowed from English cast.

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

• Audio:

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

casten

1. (transitive) to cast (assign performing parts in a production)
2. (transitive) to cast (broadcast over the Internet or a local network)

Conjugation of casten (weak)
infinitive	casten
past singular	castte
past participle	gecast
infinitive	casten
gerund	casten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	cast	castte
2nd person sing. (jij)	cast	castte
2nd person sing. (u)	cast	castte
2nd person sing. (gij)	cast	castte
3rd person singular	cast	castte
plural	casten	castten
subjunctive sing.1	caste	castte
subjunctive plur.1	casten	castten
imperative sing.	cast
imperative plur.1	cast
participles	castend	gecast
1) Archaic.

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

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

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Borrowed from Old Norse kasta.^[1][2]

casten

1. cast

• English: cast