UrsprungFrom Old Swedish kasta, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk kasta, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål kaste and English cast.
- to throw (make an object fly through the air)
“Han kastade ett spjut” — He threw a spear
- to roll (a die)
“Hon kastade tärningen” — She rolled the dice [die] [not figurative]
- to throw away, discard, dispose of
“Han kastade prylen han inte längre använde” — He threw away the thing he no longer used
- reflexiveto throw oneself
“Han kastade sig till marken” — He threw himself to the ground
- to cast (a shadow)
“Träden kastade långa skuggor” — The trees cast long shadows
- to discard, slough
“Han kastade kortet” — He discarded the card
Formerkastar(present) · kastade(preterite) · kastat(supine) · kasta(imperative) · kasta(active, infinitive) · kastas(infinitive, passive) · kastat(active, supine) · kastats(passive, supine) · kasta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kasten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · kastar(active, indicative, present) · kastade(active, indicative, past) · kastas(indicative, passive, present) · kastades(indicative, passive, past) · kasta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · kastade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · kastas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · kastades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)