Kaste
German, noun
Kaste is spelled K-A-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaste is a German feminine noun meaning “caste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Käste is a different word: “synonym of Edelkastanie”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschlossene Gesellschaftsschicht innerhalb einer (insbesondere der hinduistischen) Gesellschaftsordnung”.
What does Kaste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaste
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of Edelkastanie
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. geschlossene Gesellschaftsschicht innerhalb einer (insbesondere der hinduistischen) Gesellschaftsordnung
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 Kaste
- Kasten plural
- Kescht alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kaste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kaste in German?
Kaste appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).