Word
Slutet var det mest fascinerande.
Meaning
The ending was the most fascinating.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Slutet var det mest fascinerande.
vara
to be
det
the (with ett-words)
fascinerande
fascinating
mest
most
Questions & Answers about Slutet var det mest fascinerande.
Why do we use mest here instead of adding -ast to the end of the word?
Long adjectives, especially those ending in -ande or -ende (which are like English '-ing' words), use mer (more) and mest (most) instead of suffixes. Just like in English, we say 'most fascinating' rather than 'fascinatingest'.
Why do we need the word det before mest fascinerande?
When making a superlative definite (meaning we are talking about 'the most' of a specific thing), Swedish requires a standalone definite article before it. We use det because it refers back to slutet, which is an ett-word (ett slut).
If we are using the definite article det, shouldn't the adjective get an -a at the end?
Normally, yes! Definite adjectives usually end in -a. However, fascinerande is a present participle (a verb acting as an adjective, ending in -ande). These special adjectives are inflexible and never change their form to match gender, number, or definiteness.
Is slutet related to the word slut that I often see at the end of Swedish movies?
Yes! Slut means 'end'. Since it is an ett-word (ett slut), adding the definite suffix -et gives us slutet, meaning 'the end' or 'the ending'.