hochkant

Meaning

Adv

1. upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)
2. (Southern-Germany, colloquial, especially) forcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen

Adj

upright, on end (as above)

Concepts

upright

on end

standing

edgeways

vertically

on the up-and-up

uninclined

Synonyms

aufrecht

senkrecht

aufrechtstehend

Translations

debout

de canto

verticale

eretto

ritto

ευθύς

achter elkaar

omhoogstaan

vertical

honrado

overeind

verticalement

Etymology

By surface analysis, hoch (“high”) + Kante (“edge”). Compare Swedish på högkant.