mest

See also: Mest, mést, and měst

Danish

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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (“to urinate”) + *-þuz.

Cognate with German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛst/
  • audio(file)
  • 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

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

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

Adverb

mest (superlative of nógv, comparative meira)

  1. most

Kurdish

Adjective

mest

  1. drunk

Latvian

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian mesti, see there for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mest/

Verb

mest tr., 1st conj., pres. 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 pers. sg. es metu metu metīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu met meti metīsi met
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa met meta metīs lai met
1st pers. pl. mēs metam metām metīsim metīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs metat metāt metīsiet,
metīsit		 metiet
3rd pers. 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

Etymology

From Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”); see myst for more information.

Noun

mest (plural meystes)

  1. Alternative form of myst.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

mest

  1. indefinite superlative of mye

Adverb

mest

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

Derived terms

References

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

Derived terms

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Adverb

mest

  1. mostly, most of the time
  2. mostly, mainly; to the larger part
  3. superlative form of mycket. most
  4. superlative form of många. most
  5. Used in construction of the superlative of certain adjectives: most

Synonyms
  • (mostly): mestadels
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