stärkste

Stärkste is the superlative form of the German adjective stark, meaning strongest or most powerful. It expresses the highest degree of strength or intensity and is commonly translated as “strongest.” The form is most often used attributively before a noun when the noun is accompanied by a definite article or other determiner: der stärkste Mann, die stärkste Frau, das stärkste Kind. In plural, the form becomes die stärksten Männer.

In addition to its attributive use, stärkste appears in the predicative position with a definite article, for example: Er ist der Stärkste. When used as a noun taken from the adjective, stärkste (capitalized as Stärkste or Stärkste) can mean “the strongest one” in contexts such as competitions or descriptions: Der Stärkste hat gewonnen.

The adverbial form is am stärksten, which describes the highest degree of strength in an action: Sie läuft am stärksten von allen. The stem remains stark, with standard German superlative endings (-ste, -sten) depending on gender, case, and definiteness.

Usage notes: stärkste is a common, neutral term in everyday language and specialized writing (sports, performance, comparisons). Like other German superlatives, it requires appropriate determiner or article alignment and proper capitalization when used as a noun.