højde
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to høj (“high”) + -de (noun suffix): from Old Danish høgdh, from Old Norse hæð, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō. Other cognates are Swedish höjd, English height and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa). In Danish and Swedish, the noun has been remodelled after the adjective.
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /hɔjˀdə/, [ˈhʌjˀd̥ə]
Noun edit
højde c (singular definite højden, plural indefinite højder)
- height
- (geometry) altitude (line segment associated with a triangle)
- (geometry) altitude (the length of this line segment)
Declension edit
Declension of højde
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “højde” in Den Danske Ordbog