billigsten

Billigsten is a form that appears to be the superlative of the Norwegian adjective billig, meaning the cheapest. In standard Norwegian, the language typically uses the forms billigst and billigste rather than billigsten. Specifically, billigst is the ordinary superlative used with an indefinite noun, while billigste is the definite form used when the noun is definite (for example, den billigste bilen – the cheapest car). The exact form billigsten is not considered standard in contemporary Bokmål or Nynorsk and is commonly regarded as nonstandard or dialectal, or the result of influence from closely related languages.

Usage and examples

In everyday Norwegian, you would more commonly encounter: Dette tilbudet er billigst i butikken (This offer is the cheapest in the store). For a definite noun: Den billigste bilen er den mest økonomiske typen (The cheapest car is the most economical type). The word billigsten may appear in informal writing or when individuals are uncertain about the correct inflection, but it is not the normative form taught in standard grammar.

Cross-language perspective

Within the Scandinavian languages, related forms exist with slight variation. Swedish uses billigaste as the superlative, while Danish commonly uses billigst, with the definite form expressed through standard definite inflection (den billigste). These parallels help explain why readers might encounter billigsten in multilingual texts or nonstandard Norwegian contexts.

See also

Adjective inflection in Norwegian; Norwegian grammar; Comparative and superlative forms; Scandinavian languages.