hoog
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
hoog (attributive hoë, comparative hoër, superlative hoogste)
Antonyms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hooch, the original inflected stem hō- reanalysed by analogy with the uninflected form because of word-final devoicing. From Old Dutch hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.
Cognate with German hoch, West Frisian heech, Saterland Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hoog (comparative hoger, superlative hoogst)
- high
- De 887 meter hoge Mount Scenery is het hoogste punt in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. ― The 887-metres-high Mount Scenery is the highest place in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Het zou te hoog gegrepen zijn om drie talen tegelijkertijd te leren. ― Learning three languages simultaneously would be aiming too high.
Inflection
Declension of hoog | ||||
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uninflected | hoog | |||
inflected | hoge | |||
comparative | hoger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | hoog | hoger | het hoogst het hoogste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | hoge | hogere | hoogste |
n. sing. | hoog | hoger | hoogste | |
plural | hoge | hogere | hoogste | |
definite | hoge | hogere | hoogste | |
partitive | hoogs | hogers | — |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: hoog
- Berbice Creole Dutch: hogo
- Jersey Dutch: hôx
- Negerhollands: hoog, hok
- Skepi Creole Dutch: hug, oag
Estonian
Etymology
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Noun
hoog (genitive hoo, partitive hoogu)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | hoog | hood |
genitive | hoo | hoogude |
partitive | hoogu | hooge / hoogusid |
illative | hoogu / hoosse | hoogudesse |
inessive | hoos | hoogudes |
elative | hoost | hoogudest |
allative | hoole | hoogudele |
adessive | hool | hoogudel |
ablative | hoolt | hoogudelt |
translative | hooks | hoogudeks |
terminative | hooni | hoogudeni |
essive | hoona | hoogudena |
abessive | hoota | hoogudeta |
comitative | hooga | hoogudega |
Further reading
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hāch, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh. Cognates include West Frisian heech and German hoch.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hoog (masculine hogen, feminine, plural or definite hoge, comparative hager, superlative hagst, hoogst)
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