hochkant

== German == === Etymology === By surface analysis, hoch (“high”) +‎ Kante (“edge”). Compare Swedish på högkant. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === hochkant upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way) Synonym: aufrecht (colloquial, especially Southern Germany) forcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen Synonym: (more northern) achtkantig === Adjective === hochkant (strong nominative masculine singular hochkanter, not comparable) (rare) upright, on end (as above) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “hochkant” in Duden online