Erhöhe

Erhöhe is a German verb form related to erhöhen, meaning to raise or increase. It can appear in several moods and tenses. In the present indicative, the forms include ich erhöhe, du erhöhst, er erhöht, wir erhöhen, ihr erhöht, sie erhöhen. The imperative singular, used to give a command to one person, is generally written erhöhe or Erhöhe depending on sentence position. In the Konjunktiv I (used for reported speech) the third-person singular form is er erhöhe. The form erhöhe can also occur as part of a longer clause without its own noun role.

Etymology and construction: erhöhen is formed with the prefix er- added to höhen, the verb root meaning to heighten or raise. The prefix er- often signals completion, result, or a change of state in German verb formation. Consequently, erhöhen and its inflected forms convey actions of raising, lifting, or increasing something, whether a quantity, level, value, or intensity.

Usage and examples: Erhöhe is used to describe increasing or raising actions. Examples include Ich erhöhe den Preis um zwei Prozent (I raise the price by two percent) or Wir erhöhen die Sicherheitsstandards (We are increasing the safety standards). The word can appear in past tense forms as erhöht or erhöhte, but in isolation it denotes the verb form rather than a noun.

Relation to related terms: The noun Erhöhung means an increase or elevation as a standalone concept, while Erhebung is commonly used for a topographic rise or hill. The standard noun forms are distinct from the verb form erhöhe. Therefore, while erhoehe may surface in speech or writing as a verb form, Erhöhung or Erhebung are used for the corresponding noun senses. See also erhöhen, Erhöhung, Erhebung.