# mest
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish mest, from Old Norse mestr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mest/

### Adjective

mest
* most; to the highest degree
    Den er mest afskyelig af dem alle.It is the most despicable of them all.
* most; in the largest quantity
    Hun havde mest plads.She had the most space.

### Adverb

mest
* mostly; for the most part
    Gruppen bestod mest af immigranter fra Skotland.The group consisted chiefly of Scottish immigrants.
* most of the time
    Sommetider gik hun ture, men mest sov hun.She would sometimes go for walks, but mostly, she slept.

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* mist (dialectal)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch mest, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Probably derived from *mīganą (“to urinate”) + *-þuz.
Cognate with Old Saxon mist, Old High German mist, German Mist, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (maihstus). More distantly related to Middle Dutch mes, mis, Old Saxon mehs, West Frisian mjoks, mjuks, Old English meox.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mest
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Noun

mest m or n (uncountable)
* dung
* fertilizer

#### Usage notes

Mest is in modern usage masculine in the Netherlands, but may also be neuter in Belgium.

#### Derived terms

* broeimest
* drijfmest
* hoendermest
* keldermest
* koeienmest
* koemest
* kunstmest
* mengmest
* mestbank
* mestbedrijf
* mestcel
* mesten
* mestfabriek
* mestgang
* mesthaak
* mesthoop
* mestinjectie
* mestkar
* mestkelder
* mestkever
* mestkuil
* mestoverschot
* mestput
* mestspecie
* meststof
* meststrooier
* mestvaalt
* mestvarken
* mestvlieg
* mestvocht
* mestvoer
* mestvork
* mestwater
* mestwet
* rundermest
* Schiedammer mest
* stadsmest
* stalmest
* stikstofmest
* straatmest
* stromest
* varkensmest
* vloeimest
* vogelmest

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Hindustani: mes
* → Caribbean Javanese: mès
* → Papiamentu: mèst, mest

### Anagrams

* stem

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

### Adverb

mest (superlative of nógv, comparative meira)
* most

#### Related terms

* mestur

## Latvian
### Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian mesti, see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mest/
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### Verb

mest (transitive, 1st conjugation, present metu, met, met, past metu)
* to throw

#### Conjugation
## Middle English
### Noun

mest
* Alternative form of myst (“mist”)

## Northern Kurdish
### Adjective

mest
* drunk

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

### Adjective

mest
* indefinite singular superlative degree of mye

### Adverb

mest
* most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives

#### Derived terms

* aller mest

### References

* “mest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛst/

### Adverb

mest
* most; used in construction of superlative of long/foreign adjectives
* almost

#### Synonyms

* (almost): nesten

#### Derived terms

* aller mest

### References

* “mest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Noun

mest m
* Alternative form of mæst (“mast”)

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz (“most”). Compare Old English mǣst, Old Frisian māst, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestur, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (maists), 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 (maist).

### Adverb

mēst
* most

## Slovene
### Noun

mest
* genitive dual/plural of mesto

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic *maist.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

mest
* mostly, most of the time
* mostly, mainly; to the larger part
* superlative degree of mycket: most
* superlative degree of många: most
* Used in construction of the superlative of certain adjectives: most

#### Synonyms

* (mostly): mestadels

### Further reading

* mest in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* smet

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مست (mest), from Classical Persian مَسْت (mast), Middle Persian 𐭬𐭮𐭲 (mst, “drunk, bemused”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”)

### Pronunciation

IPA: /mest/, [mest]

### Adjective

mest
* intoxicated

#### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

#### Derived terms

* mest etmek
* mest olmak

## Zazaki
### Noun

mest (m)
* tomorrow