height

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

height

elevation

altitude

stature

tallness

length

loftiness

eminence

size

acme

summit

peak

top

high

rise

extremity

pinnacle

zenith

maximum

superlative

highness

tiptop

depth

tall

level

limit

upland

elevated place

measure

hill

knoll

rising ground

climax

apex

superiority

sublimity

distance

meridian

H

high place

pitch

end

rank

surface

vertical

all

culmination

extreme

nadir

hillock

mound

mount

supremacy

dais

stem length

majesty

exalted position

exaltation

head

degree

longitude

thick

grandeur

growth

soar

sublime

sublimeness

index

h

storey

be high

middle

heaven

sky

hight

brow

crest

crown

flood tide

heyday

hotshot

point

tip

topper

whiz

ALT

extension

lengthiness

longness

prolongation

mountain slope

position

plateau

tableland

high point

back

higher

high and low

amount

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/haɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).