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Unsere Hündin hat letzte Woche Welpen geworfen .

Our bitch threw puppies last week.

Er war der letzte Territorialgouverneur in Oregon .

He was the last territorial governor in Oregon.

Seine letzte Ruhestätte fand er
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auf dem Klagenfurter Friedhof Annabichl.

He found his final resting place in the Annabichl cemetery in Klagenfurt.

Der letzte Bürgermeister der selbständigen Gemeinde Köllerbach war Matthias Nickels.

The last mayor of the independent municipality of Köllerbach was Matthias Nickels.

Löw fand seine letzte Ruhestätte auf dem Wolfgottesacker in Basel

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Löw found his final resting place on the Wolfgottesacker in Basel.

Frequency

Zürich

letscht

Zürich

letschti

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛt͡stə/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with English

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with Luxembourgish

Cognate with Hunsrik

In summary

From Middle High German lest, a contraction of lezzest, from Old High German lezzist (also lazzōst), itself superlative of laz (cognate to English late). The modern German form with -tz- is of northern origin; two separate origins have probably met in it: Firstly, there is a general tendency in some Central German dialects of inserting -t- before comparative and superlative endings. (Compare for this, for example, Ripuarian fröh → fröhter, fröhtste). Secondly, Middle Low German lest, contracted superlative of lat (“late”), had a regular or regularized variant letst, which is very rare in writing, but may have been more common in spoken dialects. (Compare modern German Low German lättst.) Related forms are Dutch laatst and lest, English latest and last, Luxembourgish lescht, Hunsrik letst.