mest

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mest, from Old Norse mestr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mest/

Adjective

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

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

Alternative forms

• mist (dialectal)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mest
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

mest m or n (uncountable)

1. dung
2. fertilizer

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• broeimest
• drijfmest
• hoendermest
• keldermest
• koeienmest
• koemest
• kunstmest
• mengmest
• mestbank
• mestbedrijf
• mestcel
• mesten
• mestfabriek
• mestgang
• mesthaak
• mesthoop
• mestinjectie
• mestkar
• mestkelder
• mestkever
• mestkuil
• mestoverschot
• mestput
• mestspecie
• meststof
• meststrooier
• mestvaalt
• mestvarken
• mestvlieg
• mestvocht
• mestvoer
• mestvork
• mestwater
• mestwet
• rundermest
• Schiedammer mest
• stadsmest
• stalmest
• stikstofmest
• straatmest
• stromest
• varkensmest
• vloeimest
• vogelmest

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• stem

Faroese

Etymology

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

Adverb

mest (superlative of nógv, comparative meira)

1. most

Related terms

• mestur

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *met-; according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Lithuanian mesti, also Proto-Slavic *mesti (“to throw; to sweep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mest/

Verb

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

1. to throw

Conjugation

Conjugation of mest

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	metu	metu		metīšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	met	meti		metīsi	met
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	met	meta		metīs	lai met
1st person pl	mēs	metam	metām		metīsim	metīsim
2nd person pl	jūs	metat	metāt		metīsiet, metīsit	metiet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	met	meta		metīs	lai met
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	metot			present active 1 (adj.)		metošs
past	esot metis			present active 2 (adv.)		mezdams
future	metīšot			present active 3 (adv.)		metot
imperative	lai metot			present active 4 (obj.)		metam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		metis
present	mestu			present passive		metams
past	būtu metis			past passive		mests
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāmet			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		mest
conjunctive 1	esot jāmet			negative infinitive		nemest
conjunctive 2	jāmetot			verbal noun		mešana

Middle English

Noun

mest

1. Alternative form of myst (“mist”)

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

mest

1. drunk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

mest

1. indefinite singular superlative degree of mye

Adverb

mest

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

Derived terms

• aller mest

References

• “mest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛst/

Adverb

mest

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

Synonyms

• (almost): nesten

Derived terms

• aller mest

References

• “mest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

mest m

1. Alternative form of mæst (“mast”)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *maist, 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

mēst

1. most

Slovene

Noun

mest

1. genitive dual/plural of mesto

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

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

• (mostly): mestadels

Further reading

• mest in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• smet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مست (mest), from Classical Persian مَسْت (mast), Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲 (mst, “drunk, bemused”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmest/

Adjective

mest

1. intoxicated

Declension

Predicative forms of mest

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	mestim	mest miyim?
sen (you are)	mestsin	mest misin?
o (he/she/it is)	mest / mesttir	mest mi?
biz (we are)	mestiz	mest miyiz?
siz (you are)	mestsiniz	mest misiniz?
onlar (they are)	mest(ler)	mest(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	mesttim	mest miydim?
sen (you were)	mesttin	mest miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	mestti	mest miydi?
biz (we were)	mesttik	mest miydik?
siz (you were)	mesttiniz	mest miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	mesttiler	mest miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	mestmişim	mest miymişim?
sen (you were)	mestmişsin	mest miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	mestmiş	mest miymiş?
biz (we were)	mestmişiz	mest miymişiz?
siz (you were)	mestmişsiniz	mest miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	mestmişler	mest miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	mestsem	mest miysem?
sen (if you)	mestsen	mest miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	mestse	mest miyse?
biz (if we)	mestsek	mest miysek?
siz (if you)	mestseniz	mest miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	mestseler	mest miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

• mest etmek
• mest olmak

Zazaki

Noun

mest (m)

1. tomorrow