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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]helst
- superlative degree of gerne (“willingly”)
Derived terms
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[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]helst
- superlative degree of gjarna (“willingly”)
- Þetta vildi ég helst ekki.
- I didn't really want that.
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]helst
- superlative degree of gjerne (“willingly”)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]helst
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]helst
- past participle of helsa
References
[edit]- “helst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adverb
[edit]helst
- superlative degree of gärna (“happily”): most of all (most preferably)
- Han vill gärna ha en grön kanin, men hellre en gul kanin, och helst en blå kanin
- He would be happy to own a green rabbit, but would prefer a yellow rabbit, and most of all he would like a blue rabbit
- preferably
- – Dricka frätande syra är onyttigt. – Jo, det bör man helst inte göra.
- – Drinking corrosive acid is unhealthy. – Yeah, it's best not to do so. ("Yeah, that ought one preferably not do")
Usage notes
[edit]Can also be analyzed as "most preferably" in (sense 2), which is closer to the native intuition: "The most preferred thing is to not drink corrosive acid." That meaning is equivalent to "preferably" though.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- helst in Svensk ordbok.
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