hoven

See also: Hoven

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoven, alteration of Old English hafen, ġehafen by analogy with class 4 strong verbs (compare broken, past participle of breken (“to break”)), from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove +‎ -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

Alternative forms

• hove, heaved

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊvən/
• Rhymes: -əʊvən

Verb

hoven

1. alternative past participle of heave

Etymology 2

From hoove +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːvən/
• Rhymes: -uːvən

Adjective

hoven (not comparable)

1. Affected with the disease called hoove.

   hoven cattle

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦovɛn]

Noun

hoven n

1. genitive plural of hovno

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hafinn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒwən]

Adjective

hoven (neuter hovent, plural and definite singular attributive hovne)

1. haughty, arrogant, condescending, supercilious

Inflection

Inflection of hoven

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	hoven	mere hoven	mest hoven2
indefinite neuter singular	hovent	mere hoven	mest hoven2
plural	hovne	mere hoven	mest hoven2
definite attributive1	hovne	mere hoven	mest hovne

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• hovenhed

References

• “hoven” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun

hoven

1. plural of hof

Low German

Verb

hoven (German Low German)

1. past participle of heven

Middle English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

hoven

1. alternative form of hevene

Noun

hoven

1. alternative form of hevene

Etymology 2

Noun

hoven

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of oven (“oven”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hoven m

1. definite singular of hov

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Past participle of hevja, hevje.

Adjective

hoven (neuter hove or hovent, definite singular and plural hovne, comparative hovnare, indefinite superlative hovnast, definite superlative hovnaste)

1. past participle of hevja
2. swollen
3. overproud

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hoven m

1. definite singular of hov

References

• “hoven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

hoven

1. definite singular of hov (“hoof”)
2. definite plural of hov (“court”)