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Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Most m inan (related adjective mostecký, demonym Mostečan, female demonym Mostečanka)
- A town in the Czech Republic
Declension
Declension of Most (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “Most”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Derived from dialectal mos (“pool, swamp”) with collectivising suffix -t.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Most n
- A hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
From Middle High German most, from Old High German most, from Proto-West Germanic *must (“must”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Most m (strong, genitive Mostes or Mosts, plural Moste)
- (unfermented or partly fermented) fruit juice; must (of grapes); new wine
- (Southern Germany, Switzerland) fruit wine
Declension
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “Most” in Duden online
- “Most” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache