Swedish adverb · adjective· top 1,000 most common

minst

least, at leastAlso the superlative of lite, the superlative of få and the superlative of liten.

minst as an adverb

Meaning

least; at least

In Swedish: i ringaste utsträckning

minst as an adjective

Meaning

least

In Swedish: obetydligast (i längd, storlek etc)

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What does minst mean?

minst in a sentence

  • miljön är bra, inte minst för barnen
    these surroundings are favourable, especially for the children
  • beslutet är minst sagt diskutabelt
    the decision is debatable, to say the least
  • jag sjunger minst lika bra som hon
    I can sing just as well as she can
  • boken kostar minst hundra kronor
    this book costs at least a hundred kronor
  • inte på minsta sätt
    not in the least
  • jag är inte det minsta förvånad
    I am not in the least surprised
  • han är minst i klassen
    he is the smallest one in his class
  • han klarade försöket med minsta möjliga marginal
    he made it by the smallest possible margin

Questions

What does minst mean in English?

minst means “least, at least”.

Where the course teaches it

Nearby common words

minst is number 985 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 981försvann disappeared
  • 982hjälte hero
  • 983slippa be let off, avoid
  • 984henry henry (unit of inductance)
  • 986skämta joke, jest
  • 987grattis congratulations
  • 988mobil mobile
  • 989ers your (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary