høg

See also: hog and hög

Danish
Høge (Accipiter gentilis)

Etymology

From Old Danish høk, from Old Norse haukr (“hawk”), from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, probably ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“seize”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /høːɡ/, [høːˀj]

Noun

høg c (singular definite høgen, plural indefinite høge)

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

Inflection
Declension of høg
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative høg høgen høge høgene
genitive høgs høgens høges høgenes

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hár via Middle Norwegian høg, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare Swedish hög, Danish høj, English high.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /høːɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

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)

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