læst

See also: last, Last, läst, and låst

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leistr (“sock”), from Proto-Germanic *laistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, furrow”). Cognate with Swedish läst, German Leisten, English last.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsd/, [ˈlest]

Noun

læst c (singular definite læsten, plural indefinite læste or læster)

1. last (piece of wood used for shaping shoes)

Inflection

Declension of læst

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	læst	læsten	læste læster	læstene læsterne
genitive	læsts	læstens	læstes læsters	læstenes læsternes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleˀst]

Verb

læst

1. past participle of læse

References

• “læst” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• læst

Etymology

Present tense of låst (“to pretend”).

Verb

læst

1. present of låst

Noun

læst m (definite singular læsten, indefinite plural læstar, definite plural læstane)

1. make-believe

Derived terms

• læstsom

References

• “læst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Contraction of lǣsest. Cognate with Old Frisian lēst, lērest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læːst/

Adjective

lǣst

1. superlative degree of lȳtel: smallest, least
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Littera is stæf on englisċ and is sē lǣsta dǣl on bōcum and untōdǣledlīċ.

     Littera means letter in [Old] English and is the indivisible smallest part of a book.

Declension

Declension of lǣst — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lǣst	lǣst	lǣst
Accusative	lǣstne	lǣste	lǣst
Genitive	lǣstes	lǣstre	lǣstes
Dative	lǣstum	lǣstre	lǣstum
Instrumental	lǣste	lǣstre	lǣste
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lǣste	lǣsta, lǣste	lǣst
Accusative	lǣste	lǣsta, lǣste	lǣst
Genitive	lǣstra	lǣstra	lǣstra
Dative	lǣstum	lǣstum	lǣstum
Instrumental	lǣstum	lǣstum	lǣstum

Declension of lǣst — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lǣsta	lǣste	lǣste
Accusative	lǣstan	lǣstan	lǣste
Genitive	lǣstan	lǣstan	lǣstan
Dative	lǣstan	lǣstan	lǣstan
Instrumental	lǣstan	lǣstan	lǣstan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lǣstan	lǣstan	lǣstan
Accusative	lǣstan	lǣstan	lǣstan
Genitive	lǣstra, lǣstena	lǣstra, lǣstena	lǣstra, lǣstena
Dative	lǣstum	lǣstum	lǣstum
Instrumental	lǣstum	lǣstum	lǣstum

Adverb

lǣst

1. least