hoch

From derivatives of holý, e.g. holobrádek, holeček, holec, holomúdec, +‎ -ch.

• IPA^(key): [ɦox]

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hoch m anim (feminine holka)

1. boy

   Synonyms: kluk, chlapec

• hoša, hošan, hošánek, hošek, hošíček, hošík

• hoch in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hoch in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hoch in Internetová jazyková příručka

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 (which 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, Schuh (Middle High German nāch, schuoch). Most dialects have also levelled hoch, but the standard language has preserved the alternation in this isolated case.

• IPA^(key): /hoːx/

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hoch (strong nominative masculine singular hoher, comparative höher, superlative am höchsten)

1. high, tall
2. high, great, immense
3. grand, important

• groß

• niedrig
• nieder

hoch (comparative höher, superlative am höchsten)

1. up, upwards
2. (colloquial, figuratively) northwards

   Wir fahren hoch an die Küste.

   We'll drive up to the coast.

3. (mathematics) to the power of

   fünf hoch vier

   five to the power of four, (5⁴)

• “hoch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “hoch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon