høj

See also: hoj and höj

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɔjˀ/, [ˈhʌjˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish høgh, from Old Norse (east) *haugʀ, (west) hár, hór, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, *haugaz (“high”), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk høg, Norwegian Bokmål høy, Swedish hög, English high, German hoch, Dutch hoog.

Adjective

høj (neuter højt, plural and definite singular attributive høje, comparative højere, superlative (predicative) højest, superlative (attributive) højeste)

  1. high (.g. building, price, heel, grass)
  2. tall (e.g. person, building, tree)
  3. loud (e.g. voice, noise)
  4. high (from drugs)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Old Danish høgh, from Old Norse haugr, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, high place, hill”), cognate with Norwegian haug, Swedish hög, Old High German houc. Frankish *haug was borrowed to Old French ahuge (“huge”), hence English huge.

Noun

høj c (singular definite højen, plural indefinite høje)

  1. hill
  2. hillock, mound
Declension
Declension of høj
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative høj højen høje højene
genitive højs højens højes højenes
Derived terms
  • elverhøj
  • gravhøj
  • jordhøj
  • kæmpehøj
  • stenhøj
References
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