fasten
to fast
English translations
- 01
fast
Word details
- German meaning
- Verzicht auf bestimmte Speisen oder Getränke für einen bestimmten Zeitraum.
- English meaning
- To fast
- Synonym
- None
- German example
- Während der Fastenzeit verzichte ich auf Süßigkeiten.
- English example
- During Lent, I abstain from sweets.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich faste du fastest er/sie/es ich fastet wir fasten ihr fastet sie fasten
- Past Participle
- ich habe gefastet du hast gefastet er/sie/es hat gefastet wir haben gefastet ihr habt gefastet sie haben gefastet
- Past
- ich fastete du fastetest er/sie/es fastete wir fasteten ihr fastetet sie fasteten
Related words
- Fastenzeit
fasting time
- Fastenbrechen
breaking the fast
- Fastenzeit
Lent is a period of fasting and penitence observed by Christians before Easter.
- binden
fastened
- Befestigung
fastening
- Verschluss
fastener
- Befestigungselement
fastener
- Verschnürer
fastener
- Verschnürer
fasteners
- fixieren
to fasten
- Klettverschluss
Velcro fastener
- Klettverschluss
hook-and-loop fastener
- Fensterhaken
window fastener
- halsbandschnäpper
collar fastener
- entsperren
unfasten
- Fasching
Carnival
- Gluconeogenese
Gluconeogenesis
- Angurten
To fasten the seatbelt
- Bendel
A bendel is a narrow ribbon or cord used to tie or fasten objects.
- Doppelköpfchen
Double-headed rivet
- Klettverschluss
Velcro
- Moslem
Muslim
- Anschnallgurt
Seat belt
- Lederschlaufe
Leather loop
- Stahlschraube
A steel screw is a fastener made of steel used to join two or more parts together.
- Hungerkünstler
Starvation artist
- knöpfen
To button means to close or fasten a button.
- abschnallen
To unbuckle means to open or release a buckle, strap, or similar fastening.
- Uschanka
A ushanka is a Russian fur hat with ear flaps that can be tied up or fastened at the chin to protect the ears and neck from the cold.
- festmachen
To moor, to fasten
- Schnalle
Buckle
- Sicherheitsgurt
seatbelt
- Sicherheitsnadel
Safety pin
- fasen
chamfer
- hungern
To starve, to hunger
- zeisen
Seizings are short ropes used to fasten sails to yards or other parts of a ship.
- entschlacken
Detoxify
- verschrauben
"To screw together" means to fasten or join something with screws.
- Klammer
clip, bracket, parenthesis
- vierzigtägig
forty-day
- Karneval
Carnival
- Katabolismus
The breakdown of complex molecules in living organisms to form simpler ones, together with the release of energy; destructive metabolism.
- Kabelbinder
A cable tie is a plastic fastener used to bundle and secure cables or other items.
- Gurt
Belt
- Karenz
Abstinence
- Nulldiät
Zero-calorie diet
- Schlossschraube
Carriage bolt
- Verschluss
Closure, fastener, seal
Example sentences with “fasten”
Während des Ramadan fasten viele Menschen. (Many people fast during Ramadan.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the noun for the act of fasting?
The noun is 'das Fasten'.