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 | ||||
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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 | — |