driest
English
Adjective
driest
- superlative form of dry: most dry
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Low German drīste, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-Germanic *þrīstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis. Displaced Middle Dutch drijst, from Old Dutch *thrīsti, from the same Proto-Germanic source.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
driest (comparative driester, superlative meest driest or driestst)
Inflection
| Declension of driest | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | driest | |||
| inflected | drieste | |||
| comparative | driester | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | driest | driester | het driestst het driestste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | drieste | driestere | driestste |
| n. sing. | driest | driester | driestste | |
| plural | drieste | driestere | driestste | |
| definite | drieste | driestere | driestste | |
| partitive | driests | driesters | — | |