height

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. The distance from the base to the top of something.
2. The distance from the base to the top of something.
3. The distance from the base to the top of something.
4. The distance from the base to the top of something.
5. The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
6. A high point.
7. A high point.
8. A high point.
9. A high point.
10. A quality of vowels, indicating the vertical position of the tongue relative to the roof of the mouth; in practice, the first formant, associated with the height of the tongue.

Konzepte

Höhe

Größe

Körpergröße

Gipfel

Anhöhe

Erhebung

Höhepunkt

Hügel

Wuchs

Länge

First

Wipfel

Ende

Extrem

hoher Platz

Statur

Pol

Stammlänge

Zenit

hohe Region

Fülle

Scheitelpunkt

-

Hoheit

hoch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -th.
Cognates
See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse and Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).