hasten
German, verb[ˈhastn̩]
hasten is spelled H-A-S-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hasten is a German verb meaning “to hurry, to rush (on foot, in an anxious or breathless haste)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich schnell bewegen, sich in Hast bewegen”.
What does hasten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurry, to rush (on foot, in an anxious or breathless haste)
Ich hastete zur Tür.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich schnell bewegen, sich in Hast bewegen 2. schnell und stoßartig reden
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 hasten
- hastet present singular third-person
- hastete past
- gehastet participle past
- sein auxiliary
- hastend participle present
- haste first-person indicative present
- hastest indicative present second-person
- hasteten first-person indicative plural
- hastetest indicative preterite second-person
- hastetet indicative plural preterite
- hast imperative second-person singular
- bin gehastet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind gehastet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haste! imperative singular
- hastet! imperative plural
- gehastet sein active infinitive perfect
- zu hasten active extended infinitive
- gehastet zu sein active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hasten?
- [ˈhastn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hasten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hasten in German?
hasten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).