kasteien
German, verb/kasˈtaɪ̯ən/
kasteien is spelled K-A-S-T-E-I-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kasteien is a German verb meaning “to chasten (purify spiritually through austerity, asceticism, and/or bodily pain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich zur Buße einem Leiden aussetzen”.
What does kasteien mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chasten (purify spiritually through austerity, asceticism, and/or bodily pain)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich zur Buße einem Leiden aussetzen 2. sich in Verzicht üben, sich enthalten
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 kasteien
- kasteit present singular third-person
- kasteite past
- haben auxiliary
- kasteiend participle present
- kasteie first-person indicative present
- kasteist indicative present second-person
- kasteiest second-person singular subjunctive
- kasteiet plural second-person subjunctive
- kasteiten first-person indicative plural
- kasteitest indicative preterite second-person
- kasteitet indicative plural preterite
- kastei imperative second-person singular
- habe kasteit first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben kasteit first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kastei! imperative singular
- kasteie! imperative singular
- kasteit! imperative plural
- sich kasteien infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kasteien?
- /kasˈtaɪ̯ən/
- [kasˈtaɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kasteien in German?
kasteien appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).