breitest

Breitest is not a standard entry in Modern High German and is best understood as a nonstandard or dialectal variant rather than a formal lemma. In standard usage, the adjective breit meaning “wide” forms the superlative as breiteste (with der/die/das in the appropriate gender and case) and the adverbial superlative as am breitesten. The form breitest without an ending is not widely attested in contemporary standard German and is typically described as nonstandard, archaic, or regional.

In linguistic descriptions, breitest may be mentioned as a potential dialectal or historical variant of the superlative. Some regional varieties of German exhibit irregular or divergent inflection patterns for adjectives, and it is within this kind of context that forms resembling breitest might appear. Because such usage is not uniform across dialects and is out of step with standard grammar, it is rarely encountered in formal writing or education materials.

Usage notes for learners and writers: when aiming for correctness in Standard German, prefer breiteste for the adjectival superlative and am breitesten for the adverbial form. If encountering breitest in a text, treat it as a nonstandard or dialectal form and consider replacing it with the standard counterpart, depending on the context and audience.

See also: German grammar, adjective inflection, comparative and superlative forms, German dialects, historical German.