læst

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leistr (“sock”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, furrow”). Cognate with Swedish läst, German Leisten, English last.

Pronunciation

Noun

læst c (singular definite læsten, plural indefinite læste or læster)

  1. last (piece of wood used for shaping shoes)
Inflection
Declension of læst
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative læst læsten læste
læster 		læstene
læsterne
genitive læsts læstens læstes
læsters 		læstenes
læsternes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

læst

  1. past participle of læse

References

  1. ^ “last”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • læst

Etymology

Present tense of låst (“to pretend”).

Verb

læst

  1. present of låst

Noun

læst m (definite singular læsten, indefinite plural læstar, definite plural læstane)

  1. make-believe

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

Contraction of lǣsest. Cognate with Old Frisian lēst, lērest.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lǣst

  1. superlative degree of lȳtel: smallest, least

Declension

Declension of lǣst — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣst lǣst lǣst
Accusative lǣstne lǣste lǣst
Genitive lǣstes lǣstre lǣstes
Dative lǣstum lǣstre lǣstum
Instrumental lǣste lǣstre lǣste
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣste lǣsta, lǣste lǣst
Accusative lǣste lǣsta, lǣste lǣst
Genitive lǣstra lǣstra lǣstra
Dative lǣstum lǣstum lǣstum
Instrumental lǣstum lǣstum lǣstum
Declension of lǣst — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣsta lǣste lǣste
Accusative lǣstan lǣstan lǣste
Genitive lǣstan lǣstan lǣstan
Dative lǣstan lǣstan lǣstan
Instrumental lǣstan lǣstan lǣstan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣstan lǣstan lǣstan
Accusative lǣstan lǣstan lǣstan
Genitive lǣstra, lǣstena lǣstra, lǣstena lǣstra, lǣstena
Dative lǣstum lǣstum lǣstum
Instrumental lǣstum lǣstum lǣstum

Adverb

lǣst

  1. least
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