Adjective: hoch
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | hoher |
| feminine | hohe |
| neuter | hohes |
| plural | hohe |
Genitive
| masculine | hohen |
| feminine | hoher |
| neuter | hohen |
| plural | hoher |
Dative
| masculine | hohem |
| feminine | hoher |
| neuter | hohem |
| plural | hohen |
Accusative
| masculine | hohen |
| feminine | hohe |
| neuter | hohes |
| plural | hohe |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der hohe |
| feminine | die hohe |
| neuter | das hohe |
| plural | die hohen |
Genitive
| masculine | des hohen |
| feminine | der hohen |
| neuter | des hohen |
| plural | der hohen |
Dative
| masculine | dem hohen |
| feminine | der hohen |
| neuter | dem hohen |
| plural | den hohen |
Accusative
| masculine | den hohen |
| feminine | die hohe |
| neuter | das hohe |
| plural | die hohen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein hoher |
| feminine | eine hohe |
| neuter | ein hohes |
| plural | hohen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines hohen |
| feminine | einer hohen |
| neuter | eines hohen |
| plural | hohen |
Dative
| masculine | einem hohen |
| feminine | einer hohen |
| neuter | einem hohen |
| plural | hohen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen hohen |
| feminine | eine hohe |
| neuter | ein hohes |
| plural | hohen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | hoch |
| Comparative | höher |
| Superlative | am höchsten |
Sample Sentences
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Und eine Seiltänzerin, die hoch über den Trümmern der Stadt auf einem millimeterdünnen Drahtseil balanciert. [2016 December 14, “Das ist die traurige Geschichte hinter diesem Foto”, in Express, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024:]
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Dieses Rätsel ist mir zu hoch. (This riddle beats me.)
Adjectives inflected like hoch
hoch,
Etymology
1. From Middle High German hōch, from Old High German hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, a suffixed form of *kew-. Compare Dutch hoog, Low German hoog, English high, Swedish hög.
2. The irregular declension from the stem hoh- is due to the development of Old High German -h-, which in Middle High German became /x/ in coda position, but /h/ elsewhere (the latter was then gradually lost, starting from the north). Stem alternations of this kind were usually levelled in modern German, as for example in nah (but compare nach), Schuh (Middle High German nāch, schuoch). Most dialects have also levelled hoch, but the standard language has preserved the alternation in this isolated case. See: Dutch Adjectives '
hoog', English Adjectives '
high', Swedish Adjectives '
hög'.
Verbs referencing "hoch"
English Adjectives
high, Dutch Adjectives
hoog, Gothic Adjectives
𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃.
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