houf

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

houf m inan

  1. flock, horde, crowd

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

houf m

  1. heap