houf

See also: Houf

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húf, hauf. Borrowed from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯f]

Noun

houf m inan

1. flock, horde, crowd

Declension

Declension of houf (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	houf	houfy
genitive	houfu	houfů
dative	houfu	houfům
accusative	houf	houfy
vocative	houfe	houfy
locative	houfu	houfech
instrumental	houfem	houfy

Derived terms

• houfnice
• houfovat

 

Further reading

• houf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• houf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz, whence also Old English hēap, Old Saxon hōp. Compare Old Norse hópr.

Noun

houf m

1. heap