Most

See also: most, móst, mōst, mošt, and -most

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmost]

Proper noun

Most m inan (relational adjective mostecký, demonym Mostečan, female demonym Mostečanka)

  1. a town in the Czech Republic

Declension

Declension of Most (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Most
genitive Mostu
dative Mostu
accusative Most
vocative Moste
locative Mostě, Mostu
instrumental Mostem

Further reading

  • “Most”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from dialectal mos (“pool, swamp”) with collectivising suffix -t.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Most
  • Rhymes: -ɔst
  • Homophone: most

Proper noun

Most n

  1. a hamlet in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German most, from Old High German most, from Proto-West Germanic *must (“must”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

Most m (strong, genitive Mostes or Mosts, plural Moste)

  1. (unfermented or partly fermented) fruit juice; must (of grapes); new wine
  2. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) fruit wine

Declension

Declension of Most [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Most die Moste
genitive eines des Mostes, Mosts der Moste
dative einem dem Most, Moste1 den Mosten
accusative einen den Most die Moste

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • Mostflasche
  • Mostkelter
  • Mostviertel

Further reading

  • “Most” in Duden online
  • “Most” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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