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hochkant

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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.

C2 rank #11,904

All meanings of hochkant

Adverb
  1. upright, on end, edgeways (usually said of things that are not normally positioned this way)
  2. 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.