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Adverb [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-meest.ogg
Rhymes: -eːst 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|meest}} Middle Dutch meest, {{inh|nl|odt|*mēsto}} Old Dutch *mēsto, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*maist}} Proto-West Germanic *maist, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*maistaz}} Proto-Germanic *maistaz, {{cog|de|meist}} German meist, {{cog|en|most}} English most Head templates: {{nl-adv}} meest
  1. (now uncommon) mostly, usually Tags: uncommon Synonyms: meestal Derived forms: meestal
    Sense id: en-meest-nl-adv-jEuBCL5w

Determiner [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-meest.ogg
Rhymes: -eːst 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|meest}} Middle Dutch meest, {{inh|nl|odt|*mēsto}} Old Dutch *mēsto, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*maist}} Proto-West Germanic *maist, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*maistaz}} Proto-Germanic *maistaz, {{cog|de|meist}} German meist, {{cog|en|most}} English most Head templates: {{head|nl|determiner superlative form}} meest
  1. most; superlative degree of veel
    Sense id: en-meest-nl-det-wblD80pA Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 0 100

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} meest
  1. partitive singular of mees Tags: form-of, partitive, singular Form of: mees
    Sense id: en-meest-et-noun-qe2EJwBh Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Estonian entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} meest
  1. elative singular of mesi Tags: elative, form-of, singular Form of: mesi
    Sense id: en-meest-et-noun-oZeUYG9F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Ingrian]

IPA: /ˈmeːst/ [Ala-Laukaa], [ˈmeːs̠t] [Ala-Laukaa], /ˈmeːst/ [Soikkola], [ˈme̝ːʃt] [Soikkola]
Rhymes: -eːst Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|izh|noun form}} meest
  1. Alternative form of meestä Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: meestä
    Sense id: en-meest-izh-noun-HQJ4tUeU Categories (other): Ingrian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ingrian entries with incorrect language header: 56 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Ingrian]

IPA: /ˈme.estæ/ [Ala-Laukaa], [ˈme̞.e̞s̠t] [Ala-Laukaa], /ˈme.est/ [Soikkola], [ˈme̞.e̞ʃt] [Soikkola]
Rhymes: -e.est Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|izh|noun form}} meest
  1. elative singular of mesi Tags: elative, form-of, singular Form of: mesi
    Sense id: en-meest-izh-noun-oZeUYG9F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Middle Dutch]

IPA: /meːst/ Forms: mêest [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Dutch *mēsto, from Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*mēsto}} Old Dutch *mēsto, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*maist}} Proto-West Germanic *maist, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*maistaz}} Proto-Germanic *maistaz Head templates: {{head|dum|adjective|head=mêest|head2=}} mêest, {{dum-adj|head=mêest}} mêest
  1. greatest, largest
    Sense id: en-meest-dum-adj-JZMmq61f Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Middle Dutch determiners Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 0 14 26 4 6 4 36 1 8 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 0 10 27 4 5 4 40 2 8 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 6 33 2 4 2 46 1 5 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch determiners: 86 2 12 0
  2. most prominent
    Sense id: en-meest-dum-adj-6AGM0nJD
  3. most frequent, most numerous
    Sense id: en-meest-dum-adj-hPPi9yEe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [Middle Dutch]

IPA: /meːst/ Forms: mêest [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Dutch *mēst, from Proto-Germanic *maist. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*mēst}} Old Dutch *mēst, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*maist}} Proto-Germanic *maist Head templates: {{head|dum|adverb|head=mêest}} mêest, {{dum-adv|head=mêest}} mêest
  1. most
    Sense id: en-meest-dum-adv-JOqRPv2i
  2. very, to the highest degree
    Sense id: en-meest-dum-adv-tzvXrpS9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mêeste
Etymology number: 2

Determiner [Middle Dutch]

IPA: /meːst/ Forms: mêest [canonical]
Etymology: From Old Dutch *mēsto, from Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|*mēsto}} Old Dutch *mēsto, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*maist}} Proto-West Germanic *maist, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*maistaz}} Proto-Germanic *maistaz Head templates: {{head|dum|determiner|head=mêest}} mêest
  1. most
    Sense id: en-meest-dum-det-JOqRPv2i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈmeːst/",
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      "ipa": "[ˈme̝ːʃt]",
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    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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}

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