"letzte" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɛt͡stə/ Audio: De-letzte.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German lest, a contraction of lezzest, from Old High German lezzist (also lazzōst), itself superlative of laz (cognate to English late). The modern German form with -tz- is of northern origin; two separate origins have probably met in it: Firstly, there is a general tendency in some Central German dialects of inserting -t- before comparative and superlative endings. (Compare for this, for example, Ripuarian fröh → fröhter, fröhtste). Secondly, Middle Low German lest, contracted superlative of lat (“late”), had a regular or regularized variant letst, which is very rare in writing, but may have been more common in spoken dialects. (Compare modern German Low German lättst.) Related forms are Dutch laatst and lest, English latest and last, Luxembourgish lescht, Hunsrik letst. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|lest}} Middle High German lest, {{m|gmh|lezzest}} lezzest, {{inh|de|goh|lezzist}} Old High German lezzist, {{m|goh|lazzōst}} lazzōst, {{m|goh|laz}} laz, {{cog|en|late}} English late, {{m|gmw-cfr|fröh}} fröh, {{m|gmw-cfr|fröhter}} fröhter, {{m|gmw-cfr|fröhtste}} fröhtste, {{der|de|gml|lest}} Middle Low German lest, {{m|gml|lat||late}} lat (“late”), {{m|gml|letst}} letst, {{cog|nds-de|lättst}} German Low German lättst, {{cog|nl|laatst}} Dutch laatst, {{m|nl|lest}} lest, {{cog|en|latest}} English latest, {{m|en|last}} last, {{cog|lb|lescht}} Luxembourgish lescht, {{cog|hrx|letst}} Hunsrik letst Head templates: {{de-adj|pred:-}} letzte (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular letzter, not comparable) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl|pred:-}} Forms: letzter [masculine, nominative, singular, strong], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [masculine, predicative, singular], - [feminine, predicative, singular], - [neuter, predicative, singular], - [plural, predicative], letzter [masculine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], letzte [feminine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], letztes [neuter, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], letzte [nominative, plural, strong, without-article], letzten [genitive, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], letzter [feminine, genitive, singular, strong, without-article], letzten [genitive, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], letzter [genitive, plural, strong, without-article], letztem [dative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], letzter [dative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], letztem [dative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], letzten [dative, plural, strong, without-article], letzten [accusative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], letzte [accusative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], letztes [accusative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], letzte [accusative, plural, strong, without-article], der letzte [definite, includes-article, masculine, nominative, singular, weak], die letzte [definite, feminine, includes-article, nominative, singular, weak], das letzte [definite, includes-article, neuter, nominative, singular, weak], die letzten [definite, includes-article, nominative, plural, weak], des letzten [definite, genitive, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der letzten [definite, feminine, genitive, includes-article, singular, weak], des letzten [definite, genitive, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], der letzten [definite, genitive, includes-article, plural, weak], dem letzten [dative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der letzten [dative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], dem letzten [dative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], den letzten [dative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], den letzten [accusative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], die letzte [accusative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], das letzte [accusative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], die letzten [accusative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], ein letzter [includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, nominative, singular], eine letzte [feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, nominative, singular], ein letztes [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, nominative, singular], letzten [indefinite, mixed, nominative, plural], keine letzten [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, nominative, plural], eines letzten [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer letzten [feminine, genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], eines letzten [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], letzten [genitive, indefinite, mixed, plural], keiner letzten [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einem letzten [dative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer letzten [dative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], einem letzten [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], letzten [dative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keinen letzten [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einen letzten [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], eine letzte [accusative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], ein letztes [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], letzten [accusative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keine letzten [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural]
  1. last Tags: no-predicative-form, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-letzte-de-adj-NUfLESrE Categories (other): German adjectives without predicate, German entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: achtletzte, achtzehntletzte, allerletzte, dreißigstletzte, dreiundzwanzigstletzte, dreizehntletzte, drittletzte, einundzwanzigstletzte, elftletzte, fünftletzte, fünfzehntletzte, letzten Endes, letztere, neuntletzte, neunzehntletzte, sechstletzte, sechzehntletzte, siebtletzte, siebzehntletzte, viertletzte, vierzehntletzte, vorletzte, vorvorletzte, vorvorvorletzte, vorvorvorvorletzte, zehntletzte, zwanzigstletzte, zweitletzte, zweiundzwanzigstletzte, zwölftletzte Related terms: allerletzte, drittletzte, fünftletzte, letztendlich, Letzter, Letzte, letztlich, sechstletzte, viertletzte, vorletzte, vorvorletzte, vorvorvorletzte, zuletzt, zweitletzte

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Middle High German lest",
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      "args": {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "weak"
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    {
      "form": "die letzte",
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
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    },
    {
      "form": "die letzten",
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
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    {
      "form": "der letzten",
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        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
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    {
      "form": "des letzten",
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      "form": "dem letzten",
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        "singular",
        "weak"
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    {
      "form": "der letzten",
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    {
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        "dative",
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    {
      "form": "den letzten",
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        "weak"
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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        "weak"
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      "form": "ein letzter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eine letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ein letztes",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "keine letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "eines letzten",
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        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "einer letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "eines letzten",
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        "neuter",
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    {
      "form": "letzten",
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    {
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German adjectives without predicate",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "achtletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "achtzehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "allerletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "dreißigstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "dreiundzwanzigstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "dreizehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "drittletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "einundzwanzigstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "elftletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "fünftletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "fünfzehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "letzten Endes"
        },
        {
          "word": "letztere"
        },
        {
          "word": "neuntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "neunzehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "sechstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "sechzehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "siebtletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "siebzehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "viertletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vierzehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorvorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorvorvorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorvorvorvorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "zehntletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "zwanzigstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "zweitletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "zweiundzwanzigstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "zwölftletzte"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That was the last train.",
          "text": "Das war der letzte Zug.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He cheated on his last girlfriend.",
          "text": "Er hat seine letzte Freundin betrogen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Maybe I am dreaming? Maybe it is my last dream, which I am dreaming, the dream on the deathbed?",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38",
          "text": "Vielleicht träume ich? Vielleicht ist es mein letzter Traum, den ich träume, der Traum auf dem Sterbebett?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "last"
      ],
      "id": "en-letzte-de-adj-NUfLESrE",
      "links": [
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "allerletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "drittletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "fünftletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "letztendlich"
        },
        {
          "word": "Letzter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Letzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "letztlich"
        },
        {
          "word": "sechstletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "viertletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorvorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "vorvorvorletzte"
        },
        {
          "word": "zuletzt"
        },
        {
          "word": "zweitletzte"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-predicative-form",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛt͡stə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-letzte.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/De-letzte.ogg/De-letzte.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/De-letzte.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "letzte"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "achtletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "achtzehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "allerletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "dreißigstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "dreiundzwanzigstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "dreizehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "drittletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "einundzwanzigstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "elftletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "fünftletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "fünfzehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "letzten Endes"
    },
    {
      "word": "letztere"
    },
    {
      "word": "neuntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "neunzehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sechstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sechzehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "siebtletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "siebzehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "viertletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vierzehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorvorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorvorvorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorvorvorvorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "zehntletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "zwanzigstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "zweitletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "zweiundzwanzigstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "zwölftletzte"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lest"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lest",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "lezzest"
      },
      "expansion": "lezzest",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "lezzist"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lezzist",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lazzōst"
      },
      "expansion": "lazzōst",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "laz"
      },
      "expansion": "laz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "late"
      },
      "expansion": "English late",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "fröh"
      },
      "expansion": "fröh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "fröhter"
      },
      "expansion": "fröhter",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "fröhtste"
      },
      "expansion": "fröhtste",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "lest"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German lest",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "lat",
        "3": "",
        "4": "late"
      },
      "expansion": "lat (“late”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "letst"
      },
      "expansion": "letst",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "lättst"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German lättst",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "laatst"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch laatst",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "lest"
      },
      "expansion": "lest",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "latest"
      },
      "expansion": "English latest",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "last"
      },
      "expansion": "last",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "lescht"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish lescht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hrx",
        "2": "letst"
      },
      "expansion": "Hunsrik letst",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lest, a contraction of lezzest, from Old High German lezzist (also lazzōst), itself superlative of laz (cognate to English late). The modern German form with -tz- is of northern origin; two separate origins have probably met in it: Firstly, there is a general tendency in some Central German dialects of inserting -t- before comparative and superlative endings. (Compare for this, for example, Ripuarian fröh → fröhter, fröhtste). Secondly, Middle Low German lest, contracted superlative of lat (“late”), had a regular or regularized variant letst, which is very rare in writing, but may have been more common in spoken dialects. (Compare modern German Low German lättst.) Related forms are Dutch laatst and lest, English latest and last, Luxembourgish lescht, Hunsrik letst.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "letzter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letztes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letztem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letztem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letztes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "strong",
        "without-article"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "das letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "des letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "des letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dem letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dem letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "den letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "den letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "das letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein letzter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eine letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein letztes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keine letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einer letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keiner letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einem letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einer letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einem letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keinen letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einen letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eine letzte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein letztes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keine letzten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pred:-"
      },
      "expansion": "letzte (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular letzter, not comparable)",
      "name": "de-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "letz‧te"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pred:-"
      },
      "name": "de-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "allerletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "drittletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "fünftletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "letztendlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Letzter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Letzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "letztlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "sechstletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "viertletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorvorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "vorvorvorletzte"
    },
    {
      "word": "zuletzt"
    },
    {
      "word": "zweitletzte"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German 2-syllable words",
        "German adjectives",
        "German adjectives without predicate",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "German uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "That was the last train.",
          "text": "Das war der letzte Zug.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He cheated on his last girlfriend.",
          "text": "Er hat seine letzte Freundin betrogen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Maybe I am dreaming? Maybe it is my last dream, which I am dreaming, the dream on the deathbed?",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38",
          "text": "Vielleicht träume ich? Vielleicht ist es mein letzter Traum, den ich träume, der Traum auf dem Sterbebett?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "last"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "last",
          "last"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-predicative-form",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛt͡stə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-letzte.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/De-letzte.ogg/De-letzte.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/De-letzte.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "letzte"
}

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