høst

See also: host, höst, and hosť

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, *harbistaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /høst/, [høsd̥]

Noun

høst c (singular definite høsten, plural indefinite høster)

  1. harvest
  2. harvest time
  3. (dated) autumn, fall

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

See also
Seasons in Danish · årstider (layout · text)
forår, vår (“spring”) sommer (“summer”) efterår, høst (“autumn”) vinter (“winter”)

Verb

høst

  1. imperative of høste

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse haust from earlier haustr (masculine), from Proto-Germanic *harƀustaz, 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)

  1. autumn, or fall (US) (season)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

høst

  1. imperative of høste

References
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