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hoog

hoog

Afrikaans

Adjective

hoog (attributive hoë, comparative hoër, superlative hoogste)

  1. high

Antonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːx
  • IPA(key): /ɦoːx/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hooch, the original inflected stem hō- reanalysed by analogy with the uninflected form because of word-final devoicing. From Old Dutch hōh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Cognate with German hoch, West Frisian heech, East Frisian hag, English high, Danish høj.

Adjective

hoog (comparative hoger, superlative hoogst)

  1. high

Inflection

Inflection of hoog
uninflected hoog
inflected hoge
comparative hoger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial hoog hoger het hoogst
het hoogste
indefinite m./f. sing. hoge hogere hoogste
n. sing. hoog hoger hoogste
plural hoge hogere hoogste
definite hoge hogere hoogste
partitive hoogs hogers

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Estonian

Noun

hoog (genitive hoo, partitive hoogu)

  1. impetus

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.