neist
/niːst/adjective, adverb
neist is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of next” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-I-S-T, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does neist mean?
adjective
- 1
UKAlternative form of next.
adverb
- 1
UKAlternative form of next.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce neist?
- /niːst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is neist?
Neist appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does neist come from?
From Middle English nest, neste, from Old English nēst, nēist, variants of Old English nīehst (“nearest, next”). More at next.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).