Adjective: high
Hyphenation:
Strong Declension
(without article)
Nominative
| masculine | higher |
| feminine | highe |
| neuter | highes |
| plural | highe |
Genitive
| masculine | highen |
| feminine | higher |
| neuter | highen |
| plural | higher |
Dative
| masculine | highem |
| feminine | higher |
| neuter | highem |
| plural | highen |
Accusative
| masculine | highen |
| feminine | highe |
| neuter | highes |
| plural | highe |
Weak Declension
(with definite article)
Nominative
| masculine | der highe |
| feminine | die highe |
| neuter | das highe |
| plural | die highen |
Genitive
| masculine | des highen |
| feminine | der highen |
| neuter | des highen |
| plural | der highen |
Dative
| masculine | dem highen |
| feminine | der highen |
| neuter | dem highen |
| plural | den highen |
Accusative
| masculine | den highen |
| feminine | die highe |
| neuter | das highe |
| plural | die highen |
Mixed Declension
(with indefinite article)
Nominative
| masculine | ein higher |
| feminine | eine highe |
| neuter | ein highes |
| plural | highen |
Genitive
| masculine | eines highen |
| feminine | einer highen |
| neuter | eines highen |
| plural | highen |
Dative
| masculine | einem highen |
| feminine | einer highen |
| neuter | einem highen |
| plural | highen |
Accusative
| masculine | einen highen |
| feminine | eine highe |
| neuter | ein highes |
| plural | highen |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | high |
| Comparative | higher |
| Superlative | am highsten |
Sample Sentences
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Aber es ist großartig im Nebel, es ist wie Schweben! Er hebt die Ufer auf, endlich, eine highe Welt. (But it’s great in the fog, it’s like floating! It dissolves the shores, finally, a high world.) [2004, Peter Schanz, “Rindfleischs Stolz”, in taz, number 7489 (16 October 2004):]
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Die highsten und abgefahrensten Frauen (und solche gab es auch nicht zu knapp!) griffen den Gedanken auf und machten sich sofort auf die Pirsch [...]. (The highest and spaciest women (and there was no lack of those either!) seized the thought and immediately went hunting ….) [2008, Michael Geißler, Acid, Mao und I Ging: Erinnerungen eines Berliner Haschrebellen, Gonzo-Verlag, page 116:]
Adjectives inflected like high
bildungsfern,
szenig,
breitschulterig,
altsächsisch,
nutzerfreundlich,
psychoanalytisch,
unrettbar,
unverträglich,
unzerreißbar,
würzig,
würdig,
wütend,
kringelig,
sexbesessen,
sexual,
seelig,
seimig,
seidig,
seifig,
sehnig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from English high. Doublet of hoch. See: English Adjectives '
high'.
Translations