"mest" meaning in Swedish

See mest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Audio: Sv-mest.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|mestr}} Old Norse mestr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*maist}} Proto-Germanic *maist Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb form}} mest
  1. mostly, most of the time
    Sense id: en-mest-sv-adv-BfhCMqJk
  2. mostly, mainly; to the larger part
    Sense id: en-mest-sv-adv-x-6j46yH
  3. superlative degree of mycket: most Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: mycket (extra: most)
    Sense id: en-mest-sv-adv-fasuIVun Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 0 9 43 40 7
  4. superlative degree of många: most Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: många (extra: most)
    Sense id: en-mest-sv-adv-hXbuV~jq Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 0 9 43 40 7
  5. Used in construction of the superlative of certain adjectives: most
    Sense id: en-mest-sv-adv-04Wm7b0B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (mostly): mestadels
Disambiguation of 'mostly': 50 48 1 1 0

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mest meaning in Swedish (2.0kB)

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