høst

See also: host, höst, and hosť

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse haust n, haustr m, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz, *harbustaz, cognate with Swedish höst (“autumn”), English harvest, German Herbst (“autumn”), Dutch herfst (“autumn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /høst/, [ˈhøsd̥]

Noun

høst c (singular definite høsten, plural indefinite høster)

harvest
harvest time
(season, dated or poetic) autumn, fall

Declension

Declension of høst

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	høst	høsten	høster	høsterne
genitive	høsts	høstens	høsters	høsternes

See also

“høst” in Den Danske Ordbog
høst on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
Høst (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
(seasons) årstider; forår,‎ sommer,‎ efterår,‎ vinter ^[edit]

Seasons in Danish · årstider (layout · text) · category
forår (“spring”)	sommer (“summer”)	efterår (“autumn”)	vinter (“winter”)

Verb

høst

imperative of høste

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harbustaz, a variant of *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates include Danish høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust, Swedish höst, German Herbst, German Low German Harvst, and English harvest.

Noun

høst m (definite singular høsten, indefinite plural høster, definite plural høstene)

autumn, or fall (US) (season)

Derived terms

Verb

høst

imperative of høste

References

“høst” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

See also

Seasons in Norwegian Bokmål · årstider (layout · text) · category
vår (“spring”)	sommer (“summer”)	høst (“autumn”)	vinter (“winter”)

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