højde

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Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to høj (high) +‎ -de (noun suffix): from Old Danish høgdh, from Old Norse hæð, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō. Other cognates are Swedish höjd, English height and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa). In Danish and Swedish, the noun has been remodelled after the adjective.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /hɔjˀdə/,

Noun

højde c (singular definite højden, plural indefinite højder)

  1. height
  2. (geometry) altitude (line segment associated with a triangle)
  3. (geometry) altitude (the length of this line segment)

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