viischt

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Probably a new formation from vir (before, in front of) +‎ -st (superlative suffix). Alternatively it could continue the older equivalent Old High German furisto (first, front, leading), which had become rare in Middle High German, however. The development -irst-, -ürst--iischt- is phonetically regular. Compare German vorderster and Fürst, Dutch voorste and vorst.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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viischt (masculine viischten, neuter viischt, not comparable)

  1. anterior; forward; front

Declension

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