hof

See also: hóf, höf, and Hof

English

Etymology 1

A loan from German Hof (“building, farm, estate; enclosure, courtyard, court”).

Noun

hof (plural hofs)

1. Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
   • 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle, in Harper's Magazine:

     Ulrike lived in a farm hof, and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.

   • 2009, Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):

     Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof, enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hóf, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hōf, IPA^(key): /hoʊf/

Noun

hof (plural hofs)

1. (Neopaganism): Template, sanctuary, hall.
   • 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, Gods of the Blood, 2003, p. 307.
   • 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or hof in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
   • 2006 A Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org

Etymology 3

From Korean 호프 (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“farm, building”). In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon, Hof(bräuhaus).

Noun

hof (plural hofs)

1. A Korean-style bar or pub.
   • 2009 January 4, Adam B. Ellick, “In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book”:

     To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs, or Korean pubs.

Anagrams

• FOH

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hof, from Old Dutch hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔf

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Noun

hof n (plural hoven, diminutive hofje n)

1. (royal) court
2. court of law; short form of gerechtshof
3. court, yard

Derived terms

hoffelijk hofleverancier hoveling kerkhof

Noun

hof m (plural hoven, diminutive hofje n)

1. garden (in Flanders)

Derived terms

Keukenhof on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Keukenhof

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːv/
• Rhymes: -ɔːv

Noun

hof n (genitive singular hofs, nominative plural hof)

1. temple

Declension

declension of hof

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hof	hofið	hof	hofin
accusative	hof	hofið	hof	hofin
dative	hofi	hofinu	hofum	hofunum
genitive	hofs	hofsins	hofa	hofanna

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔf/

Noun

hof n, m

1. court, enclosed space
2. garden
3. farmstead
4. castle (court of the nobility)

Declension

Declension of hof (strong)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hof	hove
accusative	hof	hove
genitive	hoves	hove
dative	hove	hoven

Descendants

• Dutch: hof

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hufą, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp-, a suffixed form of *kew- (“bend, cove, hollow”). Cognate with Old Saxon hof, Dutch hof, Old High German hof (German Hof), Old Norse hof (Swedish hov).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hof/

Noun

hof n

1. house, dwelling, hovel
2. court, hall, sanctuary

See also

• ærn n
• hūs n

Declension

Declension of hof (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hof	hofu
accusative	hof	hofu
genitive	hofes	hofa
dative	hofe	hofum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kōpos. Cognate with Old Saxon hof (Dutch hoef), Old High German huof (German Huf), Old Norse hófr (Danish hov, Icelandic hófur, Swedish hov), Russian копыто (kopyto) and Sanskrit शप्ह (śapha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːf/

Noun

hōf m

1. a hoof

Declension

Declension of hof (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōf	hōfas
accusative	hōf	hōfas
genitive	hōfes	hōfa
dative	hōfe	hōfum

Descendants

• English: hoof

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, house, temple”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to bend, arch, vault”). Cognate with Old English hof, Old Frisian hof, Old Saxon hof, Old Dutch hof, Old High German hof.

Noun

hof n (genitive hofs, plural hof)

1. sanctuary, temple

Declension

Declension of hof (strong a-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hof	hofit	hof	hofin
accusative	hof	hofit	hof	hofin
dative	hofi	hofinu	hofum	hofunum
genitive	hofs	hofsins	hofa	hofanna

Descendants

• Faroese: hov n
• Norwegian: hoff n

• Icelandic: hof n
• Swedish: hov n (Old Swedish hof n)

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hufą, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp-, a suffixed form of *kew- (“bend, cove, hollow”). Cognate with Old English hof, Dutch hof, Old High German hof (German Hof), Old Norse hof (Swedish hov).

Noun

hof n

1. dwelling, hovel, house
2. court, hall

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kōpos. Cognate with Old English hof (Dutch hoef), Old High German huof (German Huf), Old Norse hófr (Danish hov, Icelandic hófur, Swedish hof), Russian копыто (kopyto) and Sanskrit शप्ह (śapha).

Noun

hōf m

1. a hoof

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Swedish

Noun

hof n

1. royal court; Obsolete spelling of hov.
2. hoof; Obsolete spelling of hov.

Declension

Declension of hof 1

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hof || hofvet || hof || hofven
genitive	hofs || hofvets || hofs || hofvens

Declension of hof 2

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hof	hofven	hofvar	hofvarna
genitive	hofs	hofvens	hofvars	hofvarnas