-st

See also st, .st, st, st., S:t, S.T., S&T, St., and ST

English

Suffix

-st

1. (archaic) Verb suffix for the second-person singular
   • Macbeth

     Thou com'st to use thy tongue.

2. Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first"

   the 21st century

Coordinate terms

• -nd
• -rd
• -th

Translations

first

• Japanese: 第 (ja) (だい, dai)

• Polish: -szy (pl) m

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Dutch

Etymology 1

The suffix -st consists of two parts: a suffix -t (Proto-Indo-European *-ti) and an inserted -s-. The -s- is the result of a wrong segmentation of stem and suffix of a noun in cases where the stem of the noun ended with -s-. For example: a word like Dutch vorst (“frost”) could be interpreted as vors+t or as vor+st. This suffix existed already in Gothic (𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts), from 𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (unnan)).

Suffix

-st f (plural -sten)

1. appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix yields a verbal noun; it is similar in function to the Dutch suffix -ing

Derived terms

• afkomst
• dienst
• komst
• kunst
• ontvangst
• overeenkomst

Etymology 2

Suffix

-st

1. appended to an adjective this suffix forms the superlative

   vreemd (“strange”) → vreemdst (“strangest”)

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German

Suffix

-st

1. Verb suffix for the second-person singular

   Du hast eine Katze.

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Icelandic

Suffix

-st

1. turns verbs into middle voice verbs

Derived terms

terms to which the suffix -st has been added

berast biðjast bjóðast bregðast brjótast drepast elskast eyðast finnast fást gerast gleðjast haldast heilsast

kveðjast kyssast leiðast látast líðast minnast segjast setjast sjást tærast týnast venjast virðast ætlast

See also

• Appendix:Icelandic middle voice verbs
• Category:Icelandic middle voice verbs

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch -ist, -ost, from Proto-Germanic *-istaz, *-ōstaz.

Suffix

-st

1. -est. Forms the superlative of adjectives.

Derived terms

See Category:Middle Dutch adjective superlative forms.

Related terms

• -er

Descendants

• Dutch: -st