högsta

Högsta is a Swedish adjective meaning "the highest" or "the utmost" and is the superlative form of hög, meaning high. It is used to indicate the top position within a category and is commonly combined with nouns to form compound phrases. For example, högsta priset means the highest price, and högsta möjliga refers to the highest possible level. The form is productive in everyday language and appears in legal or institutional names as well.

Its formation uses the suffix -sta, attached to the stem hög, and it follows standard Swedish adjective agreement rules. As an attributive modifier, högsta appears before the noun, as in högsta nivån (the highest level) or in fixed expressions such as högsta priset. The word can also modify abstract concepts, indicating maximum extent or degree.

In institutional contexts, högsta is found in official names such as Högsta domstolen (the Supreme Court) and Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (the Supreme Administrative Court) of Sweden. These names designate the top judicial bodies in the country and the word signals the extremal status of the institution. In general usage, the term can describe physical height, degree, or extent, as in högsta möjliga or högsta priset, illustrating its broad applicability across domains.