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No. 1,323 in Dutch

minst

Least.

In a sentence

  • Hij is de minst ervaren persoon in het team.

    He is the least experienced person in the team.

    In this sentence, 'minst' is used as a superlative adjective meaning 'least' to describe the smallest degree of the quality 'experienced'.

  • Dat is wat ik het minst leuk vind.

    That is what I like the least.

    Here, 'minst' is used adverbially as part of the superlative form to express the minimal degree to which something is liked.

  • Van alle opties was die het minst slecht.

    Of all options, that one was the least bad.

    In this context, 'minst' functions as a comparative adjective in the superlative form to denote the minimal extent of a negative quality ('bad').

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