minst
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnst
Adjective
minst
- Superlative form of weinig
Descendants
- Negerhollands: mindest, mindeste
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch minnist, from Proto-Germanic *minnistaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪnst/
Adjective
minst
- smallest
- Antonym: meest
- least numerous
- Antonym: meest
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: minst
Further reading
- “minst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “minder”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page minder
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse minnstr.
Adjective
minst
- indefinite singular superlative degree of liten
Adverb
minst
- least
- sist, men ikke minst ― last but not least
- at least (no less than)
References
- “minst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪnst/
Adjective
minst
- indefinite superlative degree of liten
Adverb
minst
- superlative degree of lite
- at least
Synonyms
- (at least): i minsto
References
- “minst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Adjective
minst
- superlative predicative form of liten.
Adverb
- at least
- 2021 March 1, “Vår i Sverige [Spring in Sweden]”, in 8 Sidor:
- I Tyskland har det varit minst 20 grader varmt sex dygn i rad.
- In Germany, it was at least 20°C for six days in a row.
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See also
- minst antal
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse minnstr.
Adjective
minst (definite masculine minstn, feminine minsta, neuter minstä, plural miinst, definite plural minstän)
- indefinite superlative degree of litn
Etymology 2
From Old Norse missa.
Verb
minst
- variant of mingst