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 (diminutive houfec or houfek)

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

adjectives

• houfný

adverbs

• houfem
• houfně

nouns

• houfeček
• houfnice

verbs

• houfovat

Further reading

• “houf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “houf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “houf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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