høst

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See also: host, höst, and hosť

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /høst/, [ˈhøsd̥]

Noun[edit]

høst c (singular definite høsten, plural indefinite høster)

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

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

høst

  1. imperative of høste

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

høst

  1. imperative of høste

References[edit]

See also[edit]

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