helst
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helst
- superlative degree of gerne (“willingly”)
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Icelandic edit
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helst
- superlative degree of gjarna (“willingly”)
- Þetta vildi ég helst ekki.
- I didn't really want that.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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helst
- superlative degree of gjerne (“willingly”)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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helst
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helst
- past participle of helsa
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- “helst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
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helst
- superlative degree of gärna (“happily”): most of all (most preferably)
- Han vill gärna ha en grön kanin, men hellre en gul kanin, och helst en blå kanin
- He would be happy to own a green rabbit, but would prefer a yellow rabbit, and most of all he would like a blue rabbit
- preferably
- – Dricka frätande syra är onyttigt. – Jo, det bör man helst inte göra.
- – Drinking corrosive acid is unhealthy. – Yeah, it's best not to do so. ("Yeah, that ought one preferably not do")
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Can also be analyzed as "most preferably" in (sense 2), which is closer to the native intuition: "The most preferred thing is to not drink corrosive acid." That meaning is equivalent to "preferably" though.
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- helst in Svensk ordbok.