noest

Dutch

Etymology

A contraction of in oest, the latter a variant of oogst (“harvest”). For the meaning consider that being 'in harvest' means to be working hard. For words of similar origin compare nijver and naarstig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nust/

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• Hyphenation: noest
• Rhymes: -ust

Adjective

noest (comparative noester, superlative meest noest or noestst)

1. (dated) industrious
   • 2023 December 9, “Gewaardeerde Marijnissen wist politieke tij voor de SP niet te keren”, in nos‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-12-9:

     D66-leider Jetten sluit zich daarbij aan: "Dank Lilian, voor je noeste parlementaire arbeid voor een socialer Nederland."

     The leader of D66, Jetten, supports that: "Thank you Lilian, voor your industrious parliamentary work for a more social Netherlands."

Declension

Declension of noest
uninflected	noest
inflected	noeste
comparative	noester
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		noest	noester	het noestst het noestste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	noeste	noestere	noestste
	n. sing.	noest	noester	noestste
	plural	noeste	noestere	noestste
definite		noeste	noestere	noestste
partitive		noests	noesters	—

Derived terms

• noestheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: noeste

Anagrams

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