hoch

Meaning

Adj

1. high, tall
2. high, great, immense
3. grand, important
4. (colloquial) hard to comprehend, confusing

Adv

1. up, upwards
2. (colloquial,figuratively) northwards
3. to the power of

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hoːx/

Etymology

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, English high, Swedish hög.
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.

Sentences

Dieser ist circa sechs Meter hoch und zwei Tonnen schwer .

This is about six meters high and weighs two tons.

Der Bremberg ist etwas mehr als hoch .

The Bremberg is a little more than high.

Welcher berühmte Mathematiker starb schon mit zwei mal zehn hoch eins Jahren im Duell ?

Which famous mathematician died in a duel at the age of two times ten years old?

Ich finde das ziemlich hoch gestapelt .

I find this stacked pretty high.

Heinz zog eine Augenbraue hoch .

Heinz raised an eyebrow.

Wie hoch ist der höchste Gipfel des Gebirges ?

What is the height of the highest peak in the mountains?

Vergesst nicht , einen Daumen hoch zu geben und meinen Kanal zu abonnieren !

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Im Alter kamen die Kriegserinnerungen wieder hoch und machten sie psychisch fertig .

In old age, the memories of the war came up again and psychologically destroyed them.