Swedish adjective · noun· top 1,000 most common

hög

high, tall, loud, lofty/høːɡ/

hög as an adjective

Meaning

high; tall; loud; lofty; elevated; heavy; great

In Swedish: som räcker långt ovanför marken, lång

Forms

Forms of hög
Basic form	hög	with en-words
Neuter	högt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	höga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	högre	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	högst	“-est”, “most …”

hög as a noun(en hög)

Meaning

heap; pile

In Swedish: anhopning av saker el. material

Forms

Forms of hög
Singular, indefinite	en hög
Singular, definite	högen
Plural, indefinite	högar
Plural, definite	högarna

hög is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hög, den stora högen. Check another noun

Practise hög

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What does hög mean?

hög in a sentence

ett högt hus
a tall building
hög beredskap
high level of preparedness
hög hastighet
high speed
ett högt skrik
a loud scream
en hög ton
a high note
Hög som ett hus.
High as a house.

Expressions

i hög grad
to a great extent

Words built with hög

pappershög Yours faithfully, (sincerely)
sophög rubbish heap

Questions

What does hög mean in English?

hög means “high, tall”.

Is it en hög or ett hög?

It is en hög, and “the heap” is högen.

What is the plural of hög?

The plural of hög is högar, and the definite plural is högarna.

Similar words

påtändpåverkad

Origin

From Old Swedish hø̄gher, from Old Norse haugr, from Proto-Germanic *haugaz, variant of *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-.

Nearby common words

hög is number 746 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

742rätta correct
743större bigger
744åtta eight
745titt glance
747slog hit, struck
748små small, little
749någonting something, anything
750oj oh!, sheesh!

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary