No. 14,583 in German
längsten
Superlative form of "lang" meaning "longest."
In a sentence
Das ist der längste Fluss in Deutschland.
That is the longest river in Germany.
In this sentence, 'längste' is used as the superlative form of 'lang', referring to physical length in terms of dimension or distance, here describing the river.
Ich warte seit längsten auf eine Antwort!
I have been waiting for the longest time for an answer!
Here, 'längsten' is used in the context of expressing a subjective impression of a very long duration of time.
Hast du den Bericht schon über den längsten Zeitraum überprüft?
Have you already checked the report over the longest period?
In this example, 'längsten' is used to describe the greatest extent of duration among a set of considered periods.
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