høg

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See also: hog and hög

Danish

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Høge (Accipiter gentilis)

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /høːˀɣ/, [ˈhøˀ(j)]

Noun

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høg c (singular definite høgen, plural indefinite høge)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Norwegian Nynorsk høg.

Adjective

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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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

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References

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  • “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