Most

See also: Appendix:Variations of "most"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmost]

Proper noun

Most m inan (relational adjective mostecký, demonym Mostečan, female demonym Mostečanka)

1. a town in the Czech Republic

Declension

Declension of Most (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Most
genitive	Mostu
dative	Mostu
accusative	Most
vocative	Moste
locative	Mostě, Mostu
instrumental	Mostem

Further reading

• “Most”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from dialectal mos (“pool, swamp”) with collectivising suffix -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Most
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Homophone: most

Proper noun

Most n

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /mɔst/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

Most m (strong, genitive Mostes or Mosts, plural Moste)

1. (unfermented or partly fermented) fruit juice; must (of grapes); new wine
2. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) fruit wine

Declension

Declension of Most [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Most	die	Moste
genitive	eines	des	Mostes, Mosts	der	Moste
dative	einem	dem	Most, Moste1	den	Mosten
accusative	einen	den	Most	die	Moste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Apfelmost
• Birnenmost
• Traubenmost
• Weinmost

Derived terms

• mosten
• Mosterei

Related terms

• Mostflasche
• Mostkelter
• Mostviertel

Further reading

• “Most” in Duden online
• “Most”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)