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Icelandic
Adjective
hög
- inflection of hagur:
- strong nominative feminine singular
- strong nominative neuter plural
- strong accusative neuter plural
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish hø̄gher, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz, variant of *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-.
Adjective
hög (comparative högre, superlative högst)
- high; tall; reaching a great distance from the ground or being found high above it
- of a quantity or value: high, great or large
- (physics, sound) high-pitched
- loud; strong sound
- (slang) under heavy influence of drugs or narcotics
Hög som ett hus.- High as a house.
Usage notes
Lång is used for the height of humans or other bipeds.
Declension
| Inflection of hög
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
|
hög
|
högre
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högst
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| Neuter singular
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högt
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högre
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högst
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| Plural
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höga
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högre
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högst
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| Masculine plural3
|
höga
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högre
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högst
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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höge
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högre
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högste
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| All
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höga
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högre
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högsta
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1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish hø̄gher, from Old Norse haugr, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-.
Noun
hög c
- a pile, a heap
Declension
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