høst

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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

Noun

høst c (singular definite høsten, plural indefinite høster)

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

Inflection

See also

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

Verb

høst

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of høste

Norwegian Bokmål

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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