meest

Dutch

Etymology

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

Cognates include German meist and English most.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːst
  • (file)

Determiner

meest

  1. most; superlative degree of veel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: meest
  • Caribbean Javanese: deméste
  • Kwinti: meeste

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

meest

  1. partitive singular of mees

Noun

meest

  1. elative singular of mesi

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːst/, [ˈmeːs̠t]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːst/, [ˈme̝ːʃt]
  • Rhymes: -eːst
  • Hyphenation: meest

Noun

meest

  1. Alternative form of meestä

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈme.estæ/, [ˈme̞.e̞s̠t]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈme.est/, [ˈme̞.e̞ʃt]
  • Rhymes: -e.est
  • Hyphenation: me‧est

Noun

meest

  1. elative singular of mesi

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːst/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

mêest

  1. greatest, largest
    Antonym: minst
  2. most prominent
  3. most frequent, most numerous
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Determiner

mêest

  1. most
    Antonym: minst
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

mêest

  1. most
    Antonym: minst
  2. very, to the highest degree
Alternative forms
Descendants

Further reading

  • meest (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • meest (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • meest (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “meest”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “meeste”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page meeste
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