kasteien

Meaning

to chasten (purify spiritually through austerity, asceticism, and/or bodily pain)

Concepts

chasten oneself

macerate, to

Synonyms

Entbehrungen auferlegen

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kasˈtaɪ̯ən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Low German and northern Middle High German kastīen, kastīgen, variant of kestigen, from Old High German kestigōn (“to castigate”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastīgōn. The northern form was spread by Luther.

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