die meisten or meistens?
b1Both come from 'meist' but count different things. die meisten counts people or things - the majority of them. meistens counts occasions: how often something happens, namely in most cases.
die meisten
The majority of a countable group. Behaves like a plural determiner.
Die meisten Studenten wohnen zur Miete.Most students live in rented flats.
meistens
An adverb of frequency: in most cases. Never inflected, never takes an article.
Ich fahre meistens mit dem Rad zur Arbeit.I usually cycle to work.
The mistake
Meistens Leute finden das gut.
Die meisten Leute finden das gut.
What is being counted is people, not occasions. An adverb cannot determine a noun - 'Leute' needs a determiner in front of it, so die meisten.
Rule of thumb
Ask 'how many?' and you want die meisten. Ask 'how often?' and you want meistens.
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