kasteien
Meaning
to chasten (purify spiritually through austerity, asceticism, and/or bodily pain)
Concepts
Synonyms
Entbehrungen auferlegen
Translations
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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