värsta
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Superlative attributive of värre, the superlative predicative is värst. The positive dålig has a suppletive inflection.
Adjective edit
värsta
Etymology 2 edit
From the superlative form above where the meaning most bad or most poor has gotten an opposite meaning. A similar analogy can be seen in grym which originally means "cruel" but has gotten a meaning of "awesome" or "cool" instead. Interestingly enough the same has happened with cruel in English which also can mean "awesome" or "cool", colloquially.
Adjective edit
värsta (not comparable)
- (colloquial) An intensifier.
- Du tror att du är värsta playern va, men det är du inte!
- You think you're a freaking player huh, but you're not!
- Asså, hon har typ blivit värsta TikTok-kändisen.
- I mean, she's kinda become a fricking TikTok celebrity.
Usage notes edit
"Someone/something /verb/ värsta /noun in the definite form/" is the way that phrases are constructed using this word.