meest

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch meest, from Old Dutch *mēsto, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz.

Cognate German meist, West Frisian meast, English most, Danish mest.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -eːst

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DeterminerEdit

meest

1. most; superlative degree of veel

Derived termsEdit

• meestal

AnagramsEdit

• smeet, smete

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EstonianEdit

NounEdit

meest

1. Partitive singular form of mees.

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IngrianEdit

NounEdit

meest

1. partitive singular of meez

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Middle DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /meːst/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Dutch *mēsto, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz.

AdjectiveEdit

mêest

1. greatest, largest

   Antonym: minst

2. most prominent
3. most frequent, most numerous

InflectionEdit

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DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: meest

DeterminerEdit

mêest

1. most

   Antonym: minst

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: meest

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Dutch *mēst, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

AdverbEdit

mêest

1. most

   Antonym: minst

2. very, to the highest degree

Alternative formsEdit

• mêeste

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: meest

Further readingEdit

• “meest (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “meest (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “meest (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “meest”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “meeste”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929