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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”). Cognates Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Yola heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Alemannic German hooch (“high”), Central Franconian huh (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), German Low German hooch (“high”), Limburgish hoeg (“high”), Luxembourgish héich (“high”), Mòcheno heach (“high”), Vilamovian huch (“high”), Yiddish הויך (hoykh, “high”), Danish høj (“high”), Faroese háur, høgur (“high”), Gutnish haugar (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Norwegian Bokmål høg, høy (“high”), Norwegian Nynorsk høg, håg, hå (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs, “high”), Vandalic *oas (“high”), Old French haut (“high”) (from Old High German hoh (“high”)); also with Ancient Greek Καύκᾰσος (Kaúkăsos, “Caucasus”), Latvian koks (“tree”), Lithuanian kúoka (“stick with thick end, pounder, pestle”), Bulgarian ку́ка (kúka, “hook”), Albanian çukë (“peak, summit, top”).

From Middle English hegen, heghen, heien, a conflation of Old English ġehēgan (“to perform, conduct”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hauwjan) and hēan (“to raise up, exalt”) (from *hauhijan), also influenced by heigh (“high”).

See hie.

406 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а́ҳарак (áḥarakʼ) — elevated; tall
• Afrikaans: hoog — elevated; tall
• Aklanon: mataas — elevated; tall
• Albanian: i lartë — elevated; tall
• Southern Altai: бийик (biyik) — elevated; tall
• Amharic: ረጅም (räǧm) — elevated; tall
• Amharic: ከፍተኛ (käftäña) — elevated; tall
• Arabic: عَالٍ (ʕālin) — elevated; tall
• Arabic: اَلْعَالِي (al-ʕālī) — elevated; tall
• Arabic: طَوِيل (ṭawīl) — elevated; tall
• Arabic: عالي (ʕāli) — elevated; tall
• Aramaic: רמא (rāmā, romo) — elevated; tall
• Aramaic: ܪܡܐ (rāmā, romo) — elevated; tall
• Armenian: բարձր (barjr) — elevated; tall
• Aromanian: analtu (roa-rup) — elevated; tall
• Assamese: ওখ (ükho) — elevated; tall
• Asturian: altu — elevated; tall
• Azerbaijani: yüksək — elevated; tall
• Azerbaijani: ali — elevated; tall
• Azerbaijani: uca — elevated; tall
• Bangi: -sanda — elevated; tall
• Bashkir: бейек (beyek) — elevated; tall
• Basque: altu — elevated; tall
• Basque: garai — elevated; tall
• Belarusian: высо́кі (vysóki) — elevated; tall
• Bengali: উচ্চ (ucco) — elevated; tall
• Breton: uhel — elevated; tall
• Bulgarian: висо́к (visók) — elevated; tall
• Burmese: စွင့် (cwang.) — elevated; tall
• Burmese: မြင့် (mrang.) — elevated; tall
• Buryat: үндэр (ünder) — elevated; tall
• Catalan: alt — elevated; tall
• Catalan: elevat — elevated; tall
• Chechen: лекха (leqa) — elevated; tall
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — elevated; tall
• Hakka Chinese: 高 (kô) — elevated; tall
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (koân, koâin) — elevated; tall
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — elevated; tall
• East Circassian: лъагэ (lsaɣɛ) — elevated; tall
• West Circassian: лъагэ (lsaɣɛ) — elevated; tall
• Cornish: ughel — elevated; tall
• Czech: vysoký — elevated; tall
• Danish: høj — elevated; tall
• Dutch: hoog — elevated; tall
• Erzya: сэрей (sërej) — elevated; tall
• Esperanto: alta — elevated; tall
• Estonian: kõrge — elevated; tall
• Even: гуд (gud) — elevated; tall
• Evenki: гугда (gugda) — elevated; tall
• Extremaduran: artu — elevated; tall
• Faroese: høgur — elevated; tall
• Faroese: háur — elevated; tall
• Finnish: korkea — elevated; tall
• French: haut — elevated; tall
• North Frisian: huuch — elevated; tall
• Friulian: alt — elevated; tall
• Friulian: grand — elevated; tall
• Galician: alto — elevated; tall
• Galician: elevado — elevated; tall
• Georgian: მაღალი (maɣali) — elevated; tall
• German: hoch — elevated; tall
• German: hooch — elevated; tall
• Swabian: haoch — elevated; tall
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs) — elevated; tall
• Greek: ψηλός (psilós) — elevated; tall
• Ancient Greek: ὑψηλός (hupsēlós) — elevated; tall
• Paraguayan Guarani: yvate — elevated; tall
• Haitian Creole: wo — elevated; tall
• Hebrew: גָבוֹהַ (gavóah) — elevated; tall
• Hindi: ऊँचा (ū̃cā) — elevated; tall
• Hindi: लंबा (lambā) — elevated; tall
• Hindi: लम्बा (lambā) — elevated; tall
• Hittite: 𒈦𒆪𒍑 (pár-ku-uš) — elevated; tall
• White Hmong: siab — elevated; tall
• Hungarian: magas — elevated; tall
• Icelandic: hár — elevated; tall
• Indonesian: tinggi — elevated; tall
• Ingush: лакхе (laqe) — elevated; tall
• Interlingua: alte — elevated; tall
• Irish: ard — elevated; tall
• Italian: alto — elevated; tall
• Italian: elevato — elevated; tall
• Italian: illustre — elevated; tall
• Japanese: 高い (takai) — elevated; tall
• Javanese: dhuwur — elevated; tall
• Old Javanese: ruhur — elevated; tall
• Jeju: 높다 (nopda) — elevated; tall
• Kalmyk: өндр (öndr) — elevated; tall
• Karachay-Balkar: мийик (miyik) — elevated; tall
• Kazakh: биік (biık) — elevated; tall
• Khmer: ខ្ពស់ (khpŭəh) — elevated; tall
• Korean: 높다 (nopda) — elevated; tall
• Central Kurdish: بەرز (berz) — elevated; tall
• Laki: بەرز (berz) — elevated; tall
• Northern Kurdish: bilind — elevated; tall
• Northern Kurdish: bala — elevated; tall
• Southern Kurdish: بەرز (berz) — elevated; tall
• Southern Kurdish: بِڵێن (billên) — elevated; tall
• Kyrgyz: бийик (biyik) — elevated; tall
• Ladin: aut — elevated; tall
• Lao: ສູງ (sūng) — elevated; tall
• Latgalian: augsts — elevated; tall
• Latin: altus — elevated; tall
• Latin: celsus — elevated; tall
• Latin: arduus — elevated; tall
• Latvian: augsts — elevated; tall
• Lingala: likolo — elevated; tall
• Lingala: -sanda — elevated; tall
• Lithuanian: aukštas — elevated; tall
• Lombard: alt — elevated; tall
• Low German: haug — elevated; tall
• Macedonian: висок (visok) — elevated; tall
• Malay: tinggi — elevated; tall
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᠨ (den) — elevated; tall
• Māori: noi — elevated; tall
• Māori: teitei — elevated; tall
• Māori: ikeike — elevated; tall
• Māori: tiketike — elevated; tall
• Māori: tīkokekoke — elevated; tall
• Māori: ike — elevated; tall
• Māori: kaurera — elevated; tall
• Māori: paratū — elevated; tall
• Māori: tūmāhoehoe — elevated; tall
• Māori: tūhoehoe — elevated; tall
• Māori: tūmārōhoehoe — elevated; tall
• Mauritian Creole: ot — elevated; tall
• Mizo: sang — elevated; tall
• Mòcheno: heach — elevated; tall
• Mongolian: өндөр (öndör) — elevated; tall
• Nanai: гогда (gogda) — elevated; tall
• Neapolitan: auto — elevated; tall
• Norman: haut — elevated; tall
• Northern Paiute: pa'a — elevated; tall
• Norwegian: høy — elevated; tall
• Occitan: naut — elevated; tall
• Occitan: aut — elevated; tall
• Occitan: elevat — elevated; tall
• Odia: ଉଚ୍ଚ (ucca) — elevated; tall
• Church Slavic: вꙑсокъ (vysokŭ) — elevated; tall
• Old East Slavic: вꙑсокъ (vysokŭ) — elevated; tall
• Old Tupi: ybaté — elevated; tall
• Pashto: لوړ (lwaṛ) — elevated; tall
• Pashto: اوچت (učat) — elevated; tall
• Pashto: جګ (jëg) — elevated; tall
• Persian: بالا (bâlâ) — elevated; tall
• Persian: بلند (boland) — elevated; tall
• Polish: wysoki — elevated; tall
• Portuguese: alto — elevated; tall
• Quechua: hanan — elevated; tall
• Quechua: hanaq — elevated; tall
• Romanian: înalt — elevated; tall
• Romanian: înălțat — elevated; tall
• Romanian: ridicat — elevated; tall
• Romansh: alt — elevated; tall
• Romansh: ault — elevated; tall
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — elevated; tall
• Northern Sami: allat — elevated; tall
• Skolt-Sami: õlli — elevated; tall
• Sanskrit: उच्च (ucca) — elevated; tall
• Sardinian: artu — elevated; tall
• Sardinian: altu — elevated; tall
• Sardinian: atu — elevated; tall
• Scots: heich — elevated; tall
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd — elevated; tall
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh'àirde — elevated; tall
• Serbo-Croatian: вѝсок — elevated; tall
• Serbo-Croatian: vìsok — elevated; tall
• Sherpa: མཐེན་པུ (mthen pu) — elevated; tall
• Sicilian: àutu — elevated; tall
• Sicilian: jàutu — elevated; tall
• Sicilian: otu — elevated; tall
• Sicilian: atu — elevated; tall
• Sidamo: seeda — elevated; tall
• Slovak: vysoký — elevated; tall
• Slovene: visok — elevated; tall
• Lower Sorbian: wusoki — elevated; tall
• Upper Sorbian: wysoki — elevated; tall
• Spanish: alto — elevated; tall
• Spanish: elevado — elevated; tall
• Spanish: en lo alto — elevated; tall
• Sundanese: luhur — elevated; tall
• Swedish: hög — elevated; tall
• Sylheti: ꠃꠌꠣ (usa) — elevated; tall
• Tajik: баланд (baland) — elevated; tall
• Tashelhit: attuy — elevated; tall
• Tat: bülünd — elevated; tall
• Tatar: биек (biyek) — elevated; tall
• Tausug: matas — elevated; tall
• Telugu: ఎత్తైన (ettaina) — elevated; tall
• Telugu: పొడుగు (poḍugu) — elevated; tall
• Tetum: aas — elevated; tall
• Thai: สูง (sǔung) — elevated; tall
• Tibetan: མཐོ་བ (mtho ba) — elevated; tall
• Tocharian B: kauc — elevated; tall
• Tocharian B: tapre — elevated; tall
• Turkish: yüksek — elevated; tall
• Turkish: uca — elevated; tall
• Turkish: ali — elevated; tall
• Turkish: uzun — elevated; tall
• Turkish: yüce — elevated; tall
• Turkish: ulu — elevated; tall
• Ottoman Turkish: یوكسك (yüksek) — elevated; tall
• Turkmen: beýik — elevated; tall
• Ukrainian: висо́кий (vysókyj) — elevated; tall
• Urdu: اونچا (ū̃cā) — elevated; tall
• Urdu: لمبا (lambā) — elevated; tall
• Uyghur: ئىگىز (igiz) — elevated; tall
• Uyghur: بەلەند (belend) — elevated; tall
• Uyghur: ئۆسكىلەڭ (öskileng) — elevated; tall
• Uyghur: ئۆرە (öre) — elevated; tall
• Uyghur: ئۇچما (uchma) — elevated; tall
• Uyghur: اۇقات (auqat) — elevated; tall
• Uzbek: baland — elevated; tall
• Uzbek: oliy — elevated; tall
• Venetan: alt — elevated; tall
• Vietnamese: cao cấp — elevated; tall
• Vietnamese: cao — elevated; tall
• Walloon: hôt — elevated; tall
• Welsh: uchel — elevated; tall
• Wolaytta: xoqqaa — elevated; tall
• Yaghnobi: баланд (baland) — elevated; tall
• Yiddish: הויך (hoykh) — elevated; tall
• Yoruba: ga — elevated; tall
• Yoruba: téńté — elevated; tall
• Armenian: բարձր (barjr) — of great or large quantity
• Bulgarian: голя́м (goljám) — of great or large quantity
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — of great or large quantity
• Hakka Chinese: 高 (kô) — of great or large quantity
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (koân, koâin) — of great or large quantity
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — of great or large quantity
• Ngazidja Comorian: -huu — of great or large quantity
• Czech: vysoký — of great or large quantity
• Dutch: hoog — of great or large quantity
• Finnish: korkea — of great or large quantity
• French: élevé — of great or large quantity
• German: hoch — of great or large quantity
• Swabian: haoch — of great or large quantity
• White Hmong: siab — of great or large quantity
• Low German: haug — of great or large quantity
• Macedonian: висок (visok) — of great or large quantity
• Macedonian: голем (golem) — of great or large quantity
• Mizo: sang — of great or large quantity
• Mizo: to — of great or large quantity
• Polish: wysoki — of great or large quantity
• Portuguese: alto — of great or large quantity
• Portuguese: elevado — of great or large quantity
• Romanian: mare — of great or large quantity
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — of great or large quantity
• Scots: heich — of great or large quantity
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr — of great or large quantity
• Serbo-Croatian: вѝсок — of great or large quantity
• Serbo-Croatian: vìsok — of great or large quantity
• Swedish: hög — of great or large quantity
• Turkish: yüksek — of great or large quantity
• Turkish: aşırı — of great or large quantity
• Bulgarian: висок (visok) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Hakka Chinese: 高 (kô) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (koân, koâin) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Czech: vysoký — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Finnish: korkea — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Galician: alto — acoustics: of greater frequency
• German: hoch — acoustics: of greater frequency
• German: hell — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Macedonian: висок (visok) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Mizo: sang — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Polish: wysoki — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Portuguese: alto — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Romanian: înalt — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Romanian: mare — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Russian: высо́кий (vysókij) — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Spanish: alto — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Swedish: hög — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Swedish: ljus — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Turkish: yüksek — acoustics: of greater frequency
• Turkish: tiz — acoustics: of greater frequency
• French: vené — of meat: slightly tainted
• German: angegangen — of meat: slightly tainted
• Mizo: nam — of meat: slightly tainted
• Turkish: ağırlaşmış — of meat: slightly tainted
• Turkish: bozulayazmış — of meat: slightly tainted
• Arabic: مَسْطُول (masṭūl) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Armenian: ուռած (uṙac) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Armenian: ծխած (cxac) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Bulgarian: надрусан (nadrusan) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Catalan: drogat — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Chinese Cantonese: high (haai1) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Chinese Mandarin: 神智恍惚 (shénzhì huǎnghū) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Czech: sjetý — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Czech: zfetovaný — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Danish: høj — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Danish: skæv — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Dutch: high — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Esperanto: drogita — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Esperanto: drogekscitita — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Faroese: skeivur — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Finnish: pilvessä — slang: under the influence of drugs
• French: défoncé — slang: under the influence of drugs
• French: foncedé — slang: under the influence of drugs
• French: gelé — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: berauscht — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: auf Droge — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: dicht — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: drauf — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: high — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: knatter — slang: under the influence of drugs
• German: zu — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Greek: μαστουρωμένος (mastouroménos) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Hebrew: מַסְטוּל (mastúl) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Icelandic: skakkur — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Interlingua: drogate — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: fatto — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: eccitato — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: su di giri — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: schizzato — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: scoppiato — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: flippato — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: fuso — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Italian: gasato — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Macedonian: напушен (napušen) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Mizo: kai — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Mizo: hai — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Mizo: awm — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Mizo: rui — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Navajo: naareel — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Polish: naćpany — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Polish: zaćpany — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Polish: na haju — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Portuguese: chapado — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Portuguese: drogado — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Romanian: drogat — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Romanian: tras — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Romanian: high — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Russian: обку́ренный (obkúrennyj) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Russian: обдо́лбаный (obdólbanyj) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Russian: упо́ротый (upórotyj) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Serbo-Croatian: надрогиран — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Serbo-Croatian: напушен — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Serbo-Croatian: nadrogiran — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Serbo-Croatian: napušen — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Spanish: colocado — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Spanish: drogado — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Swedish: hög — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Thai: เมา (mao) — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Turkish: uçmuş — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Turkish: iyi — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Turkish: esrik — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Turkish: sarhoş — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Vietnamese: phê — slang: under the influence of drugs
• Bulgarian: високо (visoko) — in or at an elevated position
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — in or at an elevated position
• Hakka Chinese: 高 (kô) — in or at an elevated position
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (koân, koâin) — in or at an elevated position
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — in or at an elevated position
• Czech: vysoko — in or at an elevated position
• Macedonian: високо (visoko) — in or at an elevated position
• Polish: wysoko — in or at an elevated position
• Portuguese: alto — in or at an elevated position
• Russian: высоко (vysoko) — in or at an elevated position
• Scots: heich — in or at an elevated position
• Scottish Gaelic: gu h-àrd — in or at an elevated position
• Turkish: yüksek — in or at an elevated position
• Turkish: yüksekte — in or at an elevated position
• Xhosa: phezulu — in or at an elevated position
• Zulu: phezulu — in or at an elevated position
• Bulgarian: силно (silno) — in or at a great value
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — in or at a great value
• Hakka Chinese: 高 (kô) — in or at a great value
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (koân, koâin) — in or at a great value
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — in or at a great value
• Czech: vysoko — in or at a great value
• Swabian: haoch — in or at a great value
• Macedonian: високо (visoko) — in or at a great value
• Scots: heich — in or at a great value
• Scottish Gaelic: gu h-àrd — in or at a great value
• Turkish: fazla — in or at a great value
• Turkish: aşırı — in or at a great value
• Bulgarian: високо (visoko) — at a pitch of great frequency
• Chinese Cantonese: 高 (gou1) — at a pitch of great frequency
• Hakka Chinese: 高 (kô) — at a pitch of great frequency
• Chinese: 懸 /悬 (koân, koâin) — at a pitch of great frequency
• Chinese Mandarin: 高 (gāo) — at a pitch of great frequency
• Czech: vysoko — at a pitch of great frequency
• Swabian: haoch — at a pitch of great frequency
• Macedonian: високо (visoko) — at a pitch of great frequency
• Polish: wysoko — at a pitch of great frequency
• Turkish: yüksek — at a pitch of great frequency
• Turkish: yüksekten — at a pitch of great frequency
• Turkish: tiz — at a pitch of great frequency
• Bulgarian: висота (visota) — elevated place
• Bulgarian: висина (visina) — elevated place
• Portuguese: elevado — elevated place
• Thai: ที่สูง (tîi-sǔung) — elevated place
• Turkish: yüksek — elevated place
• Bulgarian: опиянение (opijanenie) — period of euphoria
• Hebrew: הַי (hay) — period of euphoria
• Russian: прихо́д (prixód) — period of euphoria
• Russian: балдёж (baldjóž) — period of euphoria
• Russian: кайф (kajf) — period of euphoria
• Spanish: colocón — period of euphoria
• Spanish: subidón — period of euphoria
• Spanish: endrogamiento — period of euphoria
• Japanese: 高温 (kōon) — maximum atmospheric temperature
• Portuguese: máxima — maximum atmospheric temperature
• Māori: mātāmua — (card games) highest card dealt or drawn