letscht

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • legscht (Aargau (Muri), Lucerne (Gäu, Hinterland))
  • lescht (Appenzell, Berner Oberland)

Etymology

Cognate with German letzter; see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /letʃt/

Adjective

letscht

  1. last; final
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
      Aber de letschti Satz musi nöd schribe, oder?
      But I mustn't write down that last sentence, right?
  2. latest

Declension

Declension of letscht
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative
+ accusative 		weak letscht letscht(i) letscht(e) letschte
strong letschte letschti letschts letschti
dative weak letschte letschte
strong letschtem letschter letschtem

Mixed paradigms occur after the indefinite article and certain other determiners, but the details vary.

References

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