sauberste

Sauberste is the superlative form of the German adjective sauber, meaning clean. It denotes the highest degree of cleanliness among a defined set of objects or in comparison with others. It is used to describe nouns in attributive position and agrees with gender, number, and case (for example: die sauberste Wohnung, der sauberste Raum, das sauberste Fahrzeug).

The corresponding comparative form is sauberer, and the adverbial superlative is am saubersten. In predicate use after sein or other linking verbs, German typically prefers the adverbial form am saubersten or a demonstrative/definite phrase such as der sauberste, depending on emphasis (e.g., Das ist die sauberste Lösung).

Common contexts for sauberste include descriptions of hotels, cities, or products where cleanliness is a rating criterion: Die sauberste Küche des Hotels, Die sauberste Straße der Stadt. While sauberste frequently appears in attributive phrases with a determiner, it can also appear in broader descriptive contexts, always signaling the utmost cleanliness within the comparison set.

Notes: Sauberste is not a separate lexical item beyond its role as the inflected superlative form of sauber; its exact form is determined by gender, number, and case of the noun it modifies. It is primarily a grammatical inflection used in formal or descriptive German.