Forhøyet

Forhøyet is a Norwegian term that functions as both an adjective and the past participle of the verb forhøye. It expresses that something has been raised, increased, or elevated compared with a previous state. The sense covers physical elevation as well as numerical increases, such as prices, wages, or thresholds. In everyday language people more commonly use forms like høyere for the comparative, but forhøyet is used when one wants to stress a deliberate or quantified increase, often in formal, administrative, or technical contexts.

The word is built from the prefix for- meaning “again/forward” or indicating a change, plus høy, “high,” with the standard past participle ending -et. In Norwegian grammar, forhøyet may appear predicatively as in “Prisen ble forhøyet” (the price was increased), or attributively before a neuter singular noun, such as “et forhøyet gebyr” or in the definite form “det forhøyede nivået” (the elevated level).

In usage, forhøyet commonly appears in economic, governmental, and legal texts to denote an adjustment or increase that has been formally approved or measured. Related terms include forhøyelse (an increase/elevation), oppjustering (readjustment), and økning (increase). See also price increase, wage increase where context applies.

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