van jewelste

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

The element jewelste is not encountered outside this phrase and represents a univerbation of je (“your”) +‎ welste (“best”) (the non-univerbated equivalent van je welste is less common). The whole phrase can thus be translated, roughly, as "of your best".

Adjective

van jewelste (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, only used postnominally) huge, a hell of a
    Synonym: van heb ik jou daar
    Jarenlange corruptie in de lokale politiek mondde uit in een schandaal van jewelste. ― Yearslong corruption in local politics resulted in a huge scandal.
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