Hööchi
Alemannic German
Etymology
Cognate with German Höhe.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈhøːχi/
- IPA(key): /ˈhøːχɪ/
Noun
Hööchi f (plural Hööchene)
- (countable) height
- Us dr Hööchi khör i öppis. ― I hear something from up high.
- (uncountable, figuratively) mountains
- Gömmer chli id Hööchi? ― Should we go to the mountains? (literally, “Are we going a bit into the height?”)
Synonyms
- Höchi
Related terms
- hööch, hooch
Further reading
- “Hööchi”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2021