Kast

• As a German surname, from Kast, a spelling variant of Karst, the dropping of the r being common in northern dialects, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”).
• As an Alemannic German surname, from the medieval personal name Arbogast.
• See also the etymology at Gast.

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /kæst/
• Rhymes: -æst
• Hyphenation: Kast

Kast (plural Kasts)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kast is the 14549^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2048 individuals. Kast is most common among White (95.17%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kast”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 281.

• AKST, KTAS, askt, kats, skat, task

• IPA^(key): /kast/

Kast m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kasts or (with an article) Kast, feminine genitive Kast, plural Kasts)

1. a surname, variant of Karst

• IPA^(key): /ˈkast/ [ˈkast̪]
• Rhymes: -ast
• Syllabification: Kast

Kast m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

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