# hight

> English word · Verb · IPA /haɪt/ · frequency rank #52,995

## Definitions
1. To call, name.
2. To be called or named.
3. To command; to enjoin.

## Etymology
From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hight