"Kiste" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪstə/ Audio: De-Kiste.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German kiste, from Old High German kista, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|la|grc}}, {{inh|de|gmh|kiste}} Middle High German kiste, {{inh|de|goh|kista}} Old High German kista, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kistu|t=chest, box}} Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=chen,lein}} Kiste f (genitive Kiste, plural Kisten, diminutive Kistchen n or Kistlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Kiste [genitive], Kisten [plural], Kistchen [diminutive, neuter], Kistlein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Kiste [nominative, singular], Kisten [definite, nominative, plural], Kiste [genitive, singular], Kisten [definite, genitive, plural], Kiste [dative, singular], Kisten [dative, definite, plural], Kiste [accusative, singular], Kisten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. chest, box Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-0yhDTqne
  2. (informal) bed, sleeping furniture Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-sUuSdjwX
  3. (informal, automotive) old banger, hooptie Tags: feminine, informal Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: Mühle
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-EbdrZ7Ei Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  4. (informal) television set Tags: feminine, informal Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: Fernsehgerät
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-3xggjqbH Disambiguation of Containers: 1 7 20 38 1 5 16 11 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 4 15 56 0 5 3 16
  5. (informal) computer tower Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-tQQThhJD
  6. (informal, regional) affair, matter Tags: feminine, informal, regional Synonyms: Sache, Angelegenheit
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-8MNGodlv Categories (other): Regional German
  7. (informal, now uncommon) coffin wherein one is interred Tags: feminine, informal, uncommon
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-JqMyQ2qw
  8. (informal, uncommon) fundament, buttocks Tags: feminine, informal, uncommon Synonyms: Gesäß, Steiß, Po, Arsch
    Sense id: en-Kiste-de-noun-fzDq7tlY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Klapperkiste Related terms: Verpackung, Paket, Schachtel, Kasten

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019 June 28, “Mit diesen Übungen bekommst du einen Knackpo”, in Men’s Health",
          "text": "Eine Untersuchung der Auburn University im US-Bundesstaat Alabama ergab, dass Schulterverletzungen seltener auftreten, wenn du beim Werfen den Po anspannst. Wenn du also höher und/oder weiter hinaus willst, weißt du, was zu tun ist – hoch mit der Kiste!\nResearch from Auburn University, in the US state of Alabama, found that shoulder injuries were less likely if you tense your buttocks while throwing. So if you want to go higher and / or further out, you know what to do – up with the box!",
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          "text": "Eine Untersuchung der Auburn University im US-Bundesstaat Alabama ergab, dass Schulterverletzungen seltener auftreten, wenn du beim Werfen den Po anspannst. Wenn du also höher und/oder weiter hinaus willst, weißt du, was zu tun ist – hoch mit der Kiste!\nResearch from Auburn University, in the US state of Alabama, found that shoulder injuries were less likely if you tense your buttocks while throwing. So if you want to go higher and / or further out, you know what to do – up with the box!",
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        {
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      "audio": "De-Kiste.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/De-Kiste.ogg/De-Kiste.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/De-Kiste.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kiste"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.