Adjektiv

meterhoch

metres high, several metres high

Die Wellen waren meterhoch.

The waves were metres high.

Eine meterhohe Mauer schützt das Haus.

A wall several metres high protects the house.

predicative (used after a verb) The waves were metres high.

attributive (used before a noun) a metre-high wall

haushoch (as high as a house), turmhoch (as high as a tower); Antonyms: niedrig (low), flach (flat)

A compound word from 'Meter' (metre) and 'hoch' (high).

Literally 'metre-high'. Imagine something stacked up to be as high as several metre sticks.

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