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Kiste

Pronunciation: /ˈkɪstə/

“Kiste” is a German word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. chest, box
  2. crate, case (a box that contains beverage bottles)
  3. bed, sleeping furniture
  4. old banger, hooptie
  5. television set
  6. computer tower
  7. affair, matter
  8. coffin in which a person is interred
  9. fundament, buttocks

Etymology

From Middle High German kiste, from Old High German kista, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”).

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