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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hochkant.

upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adv

  1. upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)

    Wir können das Sofa nur hochkant durch die Tür tragen.

  2. forcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen

    Southern-Germany · colloquial · especially
    Als er anfing, mir mit dem Anwalt zu drohen, hab ich ihn hochkant rausgeschmissen.
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, hoch (“high”) + Kante (“edge”). Compare Swedish på högkant.

adj

  1. upright, on end (as above)

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

By surface analysis, hoch (“high”) + Kante (“edge”). Compare Swedish på högkant.

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