høg

See also: hog and hög

Danish

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /høːˀɣ/, [ˈhøˀ(j)]

Noun

høg c (singular definite høgen, plural indefinite høge)

  1. hawk (bird of the genus Accipiter)
  2. hawk (advocate of aggressive politics) [from 1963]

Declension

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk høg.

Adjective

høg (masculine and feminine høg, neuter høgt, definite singular and plural høge, comparative høgere, indefinite superlative høgest, definite superlative høgeste)

  1. alternative form of høy

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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

  • IPA(key): /høːɡ/

Adjective

høg (masculine and feminine høg, neuter høgt, definite singular and plural høge, comparative høgre/høgare, indefinite superlative høgst/høgast, definite superlative høgste/høgaste)

  1. high, tall
    Kor høg er du?
    How tall are you?
  2. (slang) high, stoned
  3. loud (sound, voice)

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “høg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “høg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “høg” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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