fast

Meaning

Adv

1. almost; nearly
2. hardly
3. (obsolete) extremely, very much

Verb

1. (form-of,present,second-person,singular,third-person) inflection of fasen:
2. (form-of,plural,present,second-person) inflection of fasen:
3. (form-of,imperative,plural) inflection of fasen:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fast/

Etymology

From Old High German fasto, compare fest. Cognate with English adverb fast. Compare Dutch vast.

Sentences

Der operative Gewinn beträgt fast eine Milliarde Dollar .

Operating profit is nearly $1 billion.

Fast alle Glöckner arbeiten , wie auch in früherer Zeit , ehrenamtlich .

Almost all Hunchbacks, as in the past, work on a voluntary basis.

Meslier fertigte drei fast gleichlautende Exemplare an .

Meslier made three almost identical copies.

Schwammige Formulierungen wie diese sind fast schon eine Garantie für nicht vorhandenes Problembewusstsein.

Spongy formulations like these are almost a guarantee of non-existent problem awareness.

Wie fast alle Burgen im Pfälzerwald wurde sie auf einem Buntsandsteinfelsen als Felsenburg erbaut .

Like almost all castles in the Palatinate Forest, it was built on a sandstone rock as a rock castle.