mest

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See also: Mest, MEST, mést, měst, мест, and месть

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish mest, from Old Norse mestr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /mɛst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mest
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

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mest m or n (uncountable)

  1. dung
  2. fertilizer

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Anagrams

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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mest (superlative of nógv, comparative meira)

  1. most
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Latvian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian mesti, see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to throw

Conjugation

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Middle English

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Noun

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mest

  1. Alternative form of myst (mist)

Northern Kurdish

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Adjective

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mest

  1. drunk

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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mest

  1. indefinite singular superlative degree of mye

Adverb

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mest

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

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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mest

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

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Derived terms

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References

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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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

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mēst

  1. most

Slovene

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Noun

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mest

  1. genitive dual/plural of mesto

Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Zazaki

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Noun

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mest (m)

  1. tomorrow