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flest

Flest is a word used in Scandinavian languages to denote the largest number or share within a group, roughly equivalent to “the most” in English. It functions as a determiner or pronoun that accompanies plural nouns and appears in constructions that compare portions of a population or dataset.

In Norwegian and Danish, flossed forms of this root are common in everyday and formal language. The

In Swedish, the closest equivalent is typically de flesta, which conveys the same broad sense of the

Etymology and related forms: Flest is of Germanic origin and has cognates across the North Germanic languages.

See also: de flesta, flesteparten, mest.

phrase
de
fleste,
meaning
“the
majority”
or
“most
of,”
is
one
of
the
most
frequent
uses,
as
in
De
fleste
studenter
bestod
eksamen.
The
standalone
or
compound
form
fl
est
appears
in
expressions
like
Flesteparten
av
befolkningen
(the
largest
part
of
the
population)
or
Flest
av
deltakerne
(the
most
of
the
participants).
In
many
contexts,
flest
serves
to
indicate
the
upper
bound
in
a
comparison
among
groups.
majority
or
the
most
of
a
group,
while
the
exact
usage
of
the
word
fl
est
is
less
central.
It
is
related
to
other
forms
used
to
express
quantity
and
comparison,
such
as
de
flesta
and
mest,
which
convey
related
but
distinct
nuances
of
“most”
or
“the
majority.”