Ästen
German, noun[ˈastn̩]
Ästen is spelled Ä-S-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ästen is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Ast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Ästen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Ast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich bei einer geistigen Aufgabe sehr anstrengen, intensiv lernen 2. sich bei einer körperlichen Arbeit sehr anstrengen 3. unter größter Anstrengung eine gewisse Wegstrecke hinter sich bringen 4. als Busch/Baum einen Ast hervorbringen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ästen
- aste present
- astest present
- astet present
- astete past
- ast! imperative singular
- aste! imperative singular
- astet! imperative plural
- geastet participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- sein auxiliary perfect
- geastet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu asten active extended infinitive
- geastet zu haben active extended infinitive
- astend participle present active
- habe geastet! imperative uncommon second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ästen?
- [ˈastn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ästen in German?
Ästen appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).