varendaste

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From varenda +‎ -ste (superlative suffix for adjectives).

Determiner

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varendaste (neuter vartendaste)

  1. (colloquial) every single
    Varendaste dag, samma gamla historia!
    Every single day, same old story!
    Åt han upp varendaste godisbit?
    Did he eat every single piece of candy?

Usage notes

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This colloquial form is inflected as an adjective, in the superlative of varenda as varendaste. Inflecting this determiner as an adjective is considered nonstandard. See also enda/endaste.