mest

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mest, from Old Norse mestr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mest/

Adjective

mest

1. most; to the highest degree

   Den er mest afskyelig af dem alle.

   It is the most despicable of them all.

2. most; in the largest quantity

   Hun havde mest plads.

   She had the most space.

Adverb

mest

1. mostly; for the most part

   Gruppen bestod mest af immigranter fra Skotland.

   The group consisted chiefly of Scottish immigrants.

2. most of the time

   Sommetider gik hun ture, men mest sov hun.

   She would sometimes go for walks, but mostly, she slept.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• mist (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (“to urinate”) + *-þuz.

Cognate with Old Saxon mist, Old High German mist, German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus). More distantly related to Middle Dutch mes, mis, Old Saxon mehs, West Frisian mjoks, mjuks, Old English meox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛst/

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• Hyphenation: mest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

mest m or n (uncountable)

1. dung
2. fertilizer

Usage notes

Mest is in modern usage masculine in the Netherlands, but may also be neuter in Belgium.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Caribbean Hindustani: mes
• → Caribbean Javanese: mès
• → Papiamentu: mèst, mest

Anagrams

• stem

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Adverb

mest (superlative of nógv, comparative meira)

1. most

Related terms

• mestur

Latvian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian mesti, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mest/

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Verb

mest (transitive, 1st conjugation, present metu, met, met, past metu)

1. to throw

Conjugation

Middle English

Noun

mest

1. Alternative form of myst (“mist”)

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

mest

1. drunk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Adjective

mest

1. indefinite singular superlative degree of mye

Adverb

mest

1. most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives

Derived terms

• aller mest

References

• “mest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛst/

Adverb

mest

1. most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives
2. almost

Synonyms

• (almost): nesten

Derived terms

• aller mest

References

• “mest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz (“most”). Compare Old English mǣst, Old Frisian māst, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestur, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (maists), 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 (maist).

Adverb

mēst

1. most

Slovene

Noun

mest

1. genitive dual/plural of mesto

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

mest

1. mostly, most of the time
2. mostly, mainly; to the larger part
3. superlative degree of mycket: most
4. superlative degree of många: most
5. Used in construction of the superlative of certain adjectives: most

Synonyms

• (mostly): mestadels

Further reading

• mest in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• smet

Zazaki

Noun

mest (m)

1. tomorrow