Meanings
hast1
alternative havest
- archaicindicativepresentsecond personsingularsecond-person singular simple present indicative of have
Thou hast lovely eyes!
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Thou hast left me alone.
Thou hast made me endless... -Ravindranath Thakur, Song Offerings, Poem 1
Hast2
Origin
hast · verb
- Proto-Germanic*habaisi
- Old Englishhæfst
- Middle Englishhast
- Englishhast
From Middle English hast, havest, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *habjaną; equivalent to have + -est. Compare German and West Frisian hast.
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Full word history & related roots →Hast · proper noun
- SwedishHast
- GermanHast
- EnglishHast
Various origins: * Borrowed from German Hast, probably a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Swedish Hast, a nickname from hast (“haste, hurry”). * Reduced form of the English surname Hayhurst.
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hast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hast
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