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alltäglichsten

Alltäglichsten is the superlative form of the German adjective alltäglich, meaning “everyday” or “ordinary” in the sense of belonging to daily life. The base term alltäglich comes from Alltag (daily life) with the adjectival suffix -lich, and the superlative is formed according to standard German declension rules.

In practice, alltäglichsten appears most often in plural contexts or in declined forms that take -sten. For

Usage notes: alltäglichsten conveys a strong emphasis on the ordinariness or typicality of something, often in

See also: alltäglich, alltagstauglich, banal, gewöhnlich. The word is part of a family of terms related to

example:
die
alltagstäglichsten
Aufgaben
des
Projekts
(the
most
everyday
tasks
of
the
project).
In
singular
use
with
a
definite
article,
the
form
is
typically
der
alltagstäglichste
Fehler
or
das
alltagstäglichste
Ereignis
(the
most
everyday
mistake
/
the
most
everyday
event).
The
endings
reflect
the
gender
and
case
of
the
noun
they
modify.
contrast
to
unusual
or
extraordinary
things.
It
tends
to
appear
in
formal
or
literary
writing
rather
than
casual
speech,
where
expressions
like
“am
banalsten”
or
“gewöhnlichsten”
might
be
used
instead,
depending
on
nuance.
everyday
life
and
commonness
in
German.