FromMiddle Englishfastenen, fromOld Englishfæstnian, fromProto-West Germanic*fastinōn(“to secure, fasten”). Equivalent tofast +-en.
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fasten (third-person singular simple presentfastens,present participlefastening,simple past and past participlefastened)
Middle High Germanvasten, fromOld High Germanfastēn, fromProto-Germanic*fastāną.
fasten (weak,third-person singular presentfastet,past tensefastete,past participlegefastet,auxiliaryhaben)
infinitive | fasten | ||||
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present participle | fastend | ||||
past participle | gefastet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ichfaste | wirfasten | i | ichfaste | wirfasten |
dufastest | ihrfastet | dufastest | ihrfastet | ||
erfastet | siefasten | erfaste | siefasten | ||
preterite | ichfastete | wirfasteten | ii | ichfastete1 | wirfasteten1 |
dufastetest | ihrfastetet | dufastetest1 | ihrfastetet1 | ||
erfastete | siefasteten | erfastete1 | siefasteten1 | ||
imperative | fast (du) faste (du) | fastet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.
fasten
fastēn
infinitive | fastēn | |
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indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | fastēm,fastēn | fastēta |
2nd person singular | fastēs,fastēst | fastētōs,fastētōst |
3rd person singular | fastēt | fastēta |
1st person plural | fastēm,fastēmēs | fastētum,fastētumēs |
2nd person plural | fastēt | fastētut |
3rd person plural | fastēnt | fastētun |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st person singular | faste | fastēti |
2nd person singular | fastēs,fastēst | fastētīs,fastētīst |
3rd person singular | faste | fastēti |
1st person plural | fastēm,fastēmēs | fastētīm,fastētīmēs |
2nd person plural | fastēt | fastētīt |
3rd person plural | fastēn | fastētīn |
imperative | present | |
singular | faste | |
plural | fastēt | |
participle | present | past |
fastēnti | gifastēt |