høg
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Danish høk, from Old Norse haukr (“hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, cognate with Norwegian hauk, Swedish hök, English hawk, German Habicht, Dutch havik.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithøg c (singular definite høgen, plural indefinite høge)
Declension
editSee also
edit- “høg” in Den Danske Ordbog
- høg on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Norwegian Nynorsk høg.
Adjective
edithøg (masculine and feminine høg, neuter høgt, definite singular and plural høge, comparative høgere, indefinite superlative høgest, definite superlative høgeste)
- alternative form of høy
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “høg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Norwegian høg, from Old Swedish hø̄gher, from an Eastern variant of Old Norse hár, Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from the Proto-Indo-European root *kewk-. Supplanted descendants of Old Norse hár in most dialects, although forms such as håg still exist. Compare Swedish hög, Danish høj, and English high.
(smoking): Calque of English high.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithøg (masculine and feminine høg, neuter høgt, definite singular and plural høge, comparative høgre/høgare, indefinite superlative høgst/høgast, definite superlative høgste/høgaste)
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Birds
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kewk-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Middle Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Swedish
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms calqued from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples
- Norwegian Nynorsk slang