height
(Englisch)
- (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (countable, uncountable) The distance from the base to the top of something.
- (countable, uncountable) The distance of something above the ground or some other chosen level.
- (countable, uncountable) A high point.
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A high point.
- (countable, uncountable) A high point.
- (countable, uncountable) A high point.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
Gegenteil von
depth
Frequenz
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/haɪt/
Etymologie (Englisch)
In summary
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 + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).
Related words
rising ground
high place
elevated place
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