"Den peneste i klassen må være meg."

Translation: The prettiest in the class has to be me.

[Zek256]

-Regina George

[loladesu]

This sounds odd to me - "in THE class" is how you would usually hear/see this phrase in British English. North Americans, do you drop the "the"...?

[WesleyMark1]

I'm from Singapore (where our English was inherited from the British during colonial times), and we say "in class" all the time. Hmm :/

[gbbofh]

American here -- we normally drop the definite article here, at least where I'm from.

[guliwer521]

How would you translate similar sentence:
"The prettiest in the class has to be mine"

[Semeltin]

I'd guess: "Den peneste i klassen må være min."

[ngb.booth]

Shouldn't it be "in the class" given it's "klassen"?

[akos.horva2]

"of the class" and "in the class" aren't synonims in this case?

[OsoGegenHest]

No, we barely use "of" with superlatives. The world's strongest man is the strongest man in the world. That's how we speak.

[loladesu]

"of all" or "of them all" being the exceptions.

[brevskrivning]

... in the class .. would normally be put this way in England, so OK.