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hoog
hoog
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)
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 | — | |