helst

helst in a sentence

• – 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")

Expressions

• nu kan vad som helst ("oväntade saker") hända
  now just about anything ("unexpected things") could happen
• vem som helst ("vem som vill (av er)") får försöka
  anyone ("all those (of you) who wish") can have a go
• hur ofta som helst
  any number of times
• ditt rum kan inte se ut hur som helst
  he'll be here any moment

Questions

Origin

From Old Norse helzt.

Nearby common words

helst is number 384 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 380ord word
• 381tur trip, luck
• 382chans chance
• 383män men
• 385haft had
• 386nästan almost
• 387båda both
• 388dum stupid, nasty