Adverb
hochkant
Pronunciation: /hoːxkant/
upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)
C2
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Meanings
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
Example 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.
Usage
- ein Brett hochkant stellen — stand a board upright on its edge
- hochkant / quer — upright or in portrait orientation / crosswise or in landscape orientation, depending on the object
Für das Foto stellte sie das schmale Buch hochkant neben die Vase.
For the photo, she stood the narrow book upright beside the vase.