# -st

-st is a German suffix meaning “Verb suffix for the second-person singular.”.

## In other languages

- Русский: образует существительные мужского рода от глаголов

## Suffix

1. Verb suffix for the second-person singular.
   - lachen (“to laugh”) + -st → du lachst (“you laugh, thou laughest”)

## Suffix

1. Forms superlatives of adjectives and adverbs, sometimes triggering umlaut.
   - klein (“small”) + -st → der kleinste (“the smallest”)

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