hoch

See also: Hoch

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦox]

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Noun

hoch m anim

1. boy

Synonyms

• kluk m , chlapec m

Further reading

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German

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German hōh, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare Dutch hoog, English high, Swedish hög.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːx/

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Adjective

hoch (comparative höher, superlative am höchsten)

1. high, tall
2. large, big, heavy
3. grand, important
4. (mathematics) to the power of

   fünf hoch vier

   five to the power of four, (5⁴)

Declension

Since intervocalic /x/ became /h/ in Old High German, the adjective now has an irregular declension. The predicative form /hoːx/ is spelled hoch today, while the Old High German spelling for the same pronunciation was hoh, but declined forms still are written hoh-, e.g. der hohe Berg ("the high mountain"), and pronounced /hoː-/ in most regions and /hoːh-/ in Switzerland. Template:de-decl-adj

Synonyms

• groß

Antonyms

• niedrig
• nieder

Derived terms

• Dreikäsehoch
• Hochachtung
• hochachtungsvoll
• Hochadel
• Hochaltar
• hochdeutsch
• hochdienen
• Hochdruck
• Hochebene

• Hochformat
• Hochgebirge
• hochgefährlich
• Hochmeister
• Hochmut
• hochnäsig
• Hochofen
• Hochrad
• Hochschule
• Hochstapler

• hochtrabend
• Hochverrat
• Hochwasser
• Hochwild
• hochwohlgeboren
• Hochzeit
• ranghoch
• wolkenhoch

Related terms

• Anhöhe
• erhöhen

• höchst
• höchstens

• Höhe
• Hoheit

Adverb

hoch (comparative höher, superlative am höchsten)

1. up, upwards
2. (colloquial, figurative) northwards

   Wir fahren hoch an die Küste.

   We'll drive up to the coast.