Hööchi

Alemannic German

Etymology

Cognate with German Höhe.

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈhøːχi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhøːχɪ/

Noun

Hööchi f (plural Hööchene)

1. (countable) height

   Us dr Hööchi khör i öppis. ― I hear something from up high.

2. (uncountable, figurative) mountains

   Gömmer chli id Hööchi? ― Should we go to the mountains? (literally, “Are we going a bit into the height?”)

Synonyms

• Höchi

Related terms

• hööch, hooch

Further reading

• “Hööchi”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024