Bast
German, noun/bast/
Bast is spelled B-A-S-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bast is a German masculine noun meaning “bast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “pflanzliche Faser, die in der inneren Schicht der Rinde von Bäumen oder anderen verholzten Pflanzen zu finden…”.
What does Bast mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pflanzliche Faser, die in der inneren Schicht der Rinde von Bäumen oder anderen verholzten Pflanzen zu finden ist und zum Flechten und Binden von Seilen, Textilien und anderen Gegenständen dient 2. samtige, weiche Haut auf dem neu gewachsenen Geweih des Hirsches
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 Bast
- Bastes genitive
- Baste plural
- Basten dative definite plural
- Basts genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bast?
- /bast/
- [bast]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bast
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bast in German?
Bast appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).