No. 10,962 in Swedish
längsta
The Swedish word "längsta" means "longest" in English.
In a sentence
Det här är den längsta dagen på året.
This is the longest day of the year.
In this sentence, 'längsta' means 'longest' and is used to describe the superlative degree of the adjective 'lång' ('long').
Han har den längsta listan över saker att göra.
He has the longest list of things to do.
Here, 'längsta' describes the attribute of an object (the list) in its superlative form ('longest').
Av alla sträckor var detta den längsta.
Of all the stretches, this was the longest one.
The word 'längsta' specifies the stretch as the one that surpasses others in length, highlighting its superlative usage in a comparative setting.
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