No. 474 in Norwegian
høyt
"High" or "loud."
In a sentence
Hun sang høyt på konserten.
She sang loudly at the concert.
In this sentence, 'høyt' is used as an adverb to describe the manner of the action (singing) and means 'loudly'.
Fjellet er veldig høyt.
The mountain is very high.
Here, 'høyt' functions as an adjective describing the height of the mountain, meaning 'high'.
Han løftet koppen høyt over hodet.
He lifted the cup high above his head.
In this example, 'høyt' is an adverb describing the spatial position reached by the action (lifting) and means 'high' or 'above'.
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