Adverb
hochkant
Pronunciation: /hoːxkant/
upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)
The German adverb hochkant means upright, on end, edgeways in English.
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All meanings of hochkant
Adverb
- upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)
- forcefully, with force; construed with verbs such as rausfliegen, rausschmeißen
hochkant in a German sentence
Als er anfing, mir mit dem Anwalt zu drohen, hab ich ihn hochkant rausgeschmissen.
When he started threatening me with a lawyer, I threw him straight out.