Breakdown of Нет ничего вреднее, чем этот сладкий торт.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
нет
there is no / is not present
ничего
nothing
сладкий
sweet
торт
cake
чем
than / the (in comparisons)
вредный
harmful, unhealthy
Questions & Answers about Нет ничего вреднее, чем этот сладкий торт.
How do we make the comparative word вреднее?
Вреднее comes from the adjective вредный (harmful or unhealthy). To make the comparative form meaning "more harmful" or "more unhealthy", you drop the ending -ый and add the suffix -ее.
Would вреднее change its ending if we were talking about a feminine or plural word?
No! One of the best things about the -ее comparative form is that it never changes. It does not matter if you are talking about masculine, feminine, plural, or different cases; it stays exactly the same.
Why does the sentence use both нет and ничего? Doesn't that mean "not nothing"?
Yes, it literally translates to "there is no nothing", but Russian requires a double negative. When you use a negative word like ничего (nothing), you must also make the sentence negative, which is done here by using нет.
What is the role of чем in this sentence?
Чем translates to "than" when making a comparison. A great thing about using чем is that the thing you are comparing to (этот сладкий торт) simply stays in the nominative case, which is the basic dictionary form.
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