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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1 From Middle English -est Old English -st -est Proto-Germanic *-istaz , *-ōstaz -er Afrikaans -ste Dutch -st German -(e)st Danish -(e)st Swedish -(a)st
Suffix -est
Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs . longest , biggest , fastest , motliest
Usage notes See -er for notes on the usage of this suffix to form superlatives. Occasionally, the -est suffix is added to a verbal adjective as a substitute for most . An example is winningest
Coordinate terms
Translations superlative of adjectives and adverbs
Arabic: اَلـ (ar) ( al-- ) ( a superlative pattern of the adjective )
Armenian: ամենա- ( amena- ) , -գույն ( -guyn )
Basque: -en
Breton: -añ (br)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: més (ca) ( before the adjective or adverb, after the definite article )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 最 (zh) ( zuì ) ( prefix )
Czech: nej-
Danish: -est
Dutch: -ste (nl)
Esperanto: plej (eo)
Finnish: ( for adjectives ) -in (fi)
French: plus (fr) ( before the adjective, after the definite article )
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: -ster m -ste f am ...-sten ( adverbs )
Hungarian: leg- (hu)
Japanese: 一番 (ja) ( いちばん, ichiban; placed before the adjective ) , 最も (ja) ( もっとも, mottomo ) , 最 (ja) ( さい, sai- ) ( Sino-Japanese prefix )
Khmer: ...ជាងគេ ( …ciəng kei )
Korean: 가장 (ko) ( gajang ) , 제일(第一) (ko) ( jeil ) , 최(最) ( choe- ) ( Sino-Korean prefix )
Lao: ...ທີ່ສຸດ ( ...thī sut )
Latvian: -ākais m -ākā f
Malay: ter- (ms)
Mongolian: хамгын ( xamgyn )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: -est ( before most long adjectives or adverbs ) mest (no)
Nynorsk: -ast ( before most long adjectives or adverbs ) mest
Polish: naj- (pl) , najbardziej before the adjective or adverb )
Portuguese: mais (pt) used with definite article
Romanian: mai (ro) ( before the adjective or adverb, after the demonstrative article )
Russian: наи- (ru) ( nai- ) ( prefix before comparative forms ) , са́мый (ru) ( sámyj ) ( before adjectives in the normal form ) , наибо́лее (ru) ( naibóleje ) ( before adjectives in the normal form ) , -е́йший ( -éjšij ) , -а́йший ( -ájšij ) ( suffixes follow an adjective form )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нај-
Roman: naj- (sh)
Slovak: naj-
Spanish: ( before the adjective or adverb, after the definite article ) más (es)
Swedish: -ast (sv) (1), mest (sv) (before the adjective or adverb ) (1)
Thai: ...ที่สุด (th) ( ...tîi-sùt )
Turkish: en (tr)
Vietnamese: ... nhất (vi) (一 (vi) )
Welsh: -af
Yoruba: -olo
Etymology 2 From Middle English -est , -st Old English -est , -ast , -st Proto-Germanic *-zi Proto-Indo-European *-si thou Middle Dutch and Middle High German (compare modern German -st
Suffix -est
( archaic , dialectal ) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. thou is the subject; not used with you )
goest , makest , wentest , madest
Translations second-person singular present tense of verbs
Czech: -eš -íš -áš
Dutch: -t (nl)
Finnish: -t (fi)
French: -es (fr) ( for regular -er verbs ) ; -is (fr) ( for regular -ir verb ) ; -s (fr) ( for most -re verbs )
German: -st
Hungarian: -sz -d (hu) , -l (hu)
Irish: -air ( broad synthetic form, 1st conjugation ) , -ir ( slender synthetic form, 1st conjugation ) , -aír ( broad synthetic form, 2nd conjugation ) , -ír ( slender synthetic form, 2nd conjugation )
Italian: -i (it) ( for regular -are -ere -ire -isc- )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: -î (ku)
Latin: -as -es -is -s
Polish: -esz -isz -ysz -asz
Portuguese: -as (pt) ( 1st conjugation ) , -es (pt) ( 2nd and 3rd conjugation )
Romanian: -i ( most verbs ) , -ezi ( some 1st conjugation verbs ) , -ești ( some 4th conjugation verbs )
Russian: -ешь ( -ešʹ ) , -ёшь ( -jóšʹ ) , -ишь ( -išʹ ) , -ашь ( -ašʹ )
Spanish: -as (es) , -es (es)
See also
Anagrams tes Tse StE set TSE Set seṭ ETS STE tse ETs TEs Ste Ste. SET
Catalan
Etymology From Latin -istī
Suffix -est
Used to form the second person plural preterite indicative of second conjugation verbs
Usage notes This form fell out of use, being largely replaced by the analogical ending -eres
Hungarian
Etymology From -es ( adjective-forming suffix ) + -t ( adverb-forming suffix ) .
Pronunciation
Suffix -est
( adverb-forming suffix ) Added to a word to form an adverb . öröm ( “ joy ” ) + -est → örömest ( “ with joy ” )
Usage notes ( adverb-forming suffix ) Variants:
-st -est
Derived terms
Middle English
Suffix -est
Used to form the second-person singular present indicative of verbs.
Old English
Etymology From Proto-Germanic *-ustaz *-istaz
Pronunciation
Suffix -est
suffix forming feminine nouns, originally from verbs eornost earnest þēnest service ofost haste orrest battle, combat
Declension Strong ō -stem:
Welsh
Pronunciation
Suffix -est
( colloquial ) verb suffix for the second-person singular preterite
Derived terms Category Welsh terms suffixed with -est not found