different between hof vs hoof
hof
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.
Noun
hof (plural hofs)
- 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.
- 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle, in Harper's Magazine:
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse hóf, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?f, IPA(key): /ho?f/
Noun
hof (plural hofs)
- (Neopaganism) temple, sanctuary, hall.
- 1996, Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, Gods of the Blood, 2003, p. 307.
- For each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged.
- 2005, Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
- Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or hof in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years.
- 1996, Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, Gods of the Blood, 2003, p. 307.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Korean ?? (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus. In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon.
Noun
hof (plural hofs)
- A Korean-style bar or pub.
Anagrams
- FOH, foh
Cimbrian
Noun
hof m
- garden
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?f/, [?h?f]
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German hof, from Proto-Germanic *huf?, cognate with German Hof (“yard, court, farmyard”), Dutch hof (“yard, court, garden”), Old Norse hof (“shrine; court”). Doublet of hov (“shrine, temple”).
Noun
hof n (singular definite hoffet, plural indefinite hoffer)
- court (family and society of a sovereign)
- admirers
Inflection
References
- “hof” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “Hof,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Etymology 2
Clipping of hofpilsner, from hof (“court”) +? pilsner (“lager beer”).
Noun
hof c (singular definite hoffen, plural indefinite hof)
- Carlsberg beer
Inflection
References
- “Hof,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hof, from Old Dutch *hof, from Proto-Germanic *huf?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f/
- Hyphenation: hof
- Rhymes: -?f
Noun
hof n or m (plural hoven, diminutive hofje n)
- (royal) court
- court of law; short form of gerechtshof
- court, yard
- (East and West Flanders) garden
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: hof
- ? Papiamentu: hòfi (from the diminutive)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hof, from Proto-Germanic *huf?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h??v/
- Rhymes: -??v
Noun
hof n (genitive singular hofs, nominative plural hof)
- shrine, typically in a home on farm; by extension a temple
Declension
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *hof, from Proto-Germanic *huf?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?f/
Noun
hof n or m
- court, enclosed space
- garden
- farmstead
- castle (court of the nobility)
Inflection
Derived terms
- h?vesch
Descendants
- Dutch: hof
- Afrikaans: hof
- ? Papiamentu: hòfi (from the diminutive)
- Limburgish: haof, hoof
- ? Scots: howff
- ? English: howff
Further reading
- “hof”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “hof (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *huf?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xof/, [hof]
Noun
hof n (nominative plural hofu)
- court, hall
- house, building
Declension
Descendants
- ? Middle English: hovel, hovil, hovylle (diminutive)
- English: hovel
See also
- ærn n
- h?s n
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *h?faz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xo?f/, [ho?f]
Noun
h?f m
- a hoof
Declension
Descendants
- English: hoof
Old Frisian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *huf?, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to bend”). Cognates include Old English hof, Old Saxon hof and Old Dutch *hof.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hof/
Noun
hof n
- court
Descendants
- North Frisian: hof
- Saterland Frisian: Hoaf
- West Frisian: hôf
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *h?faz, from Proto-Indo-European *?oph?ós. Cognates include Old English h?f, Old Saxon h?f and Old Dutch *huof.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ho?f/
Noun
h?f m
- hoof
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: Houf, Houch
- West Frisian: hoef
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *huf? (“hill, house, temple”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /?hov/
Noun
hof n (genitive hofs, plural hof)
- shrine, typically in a home of a farm
- V?luspá, verse 7, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
- […] þeir er hörg ok hof / hátimbruðu, […]
- […] they who shrines and temples / high timbered, […]
- V?luspá, verse 7, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
- a hall, court
- Hymiskviða, verse 33, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 48:
- […] út or óru / ölkjól hofi. […]
- […] forth from our house / the cauldron here. […]
- Hymiskviða, verse 33, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 48:
- a royal court
Usage notes
Old Norse makes the distinction between hof "a hall, a sanctuary with a roof" and h?rgr "an altar, any cult site without a roof".The prevalent meaning of hof in Old Norse literature is "temple, sanctuary". Cleasby and Vigfússon (1874) note the generic meaning "a hall (as in German and Saxon)" in Hymiskviða 33 as a hapax legomenon. The meaning of "court" follows Middle High German and appears only from the 14th century and almost exclusively in compounds such as hof-ferð "pride, pomp", hof-garðr "lordly mansion", hof-fólk "courtiers".
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: hof
- Faroese: hov
- Norwegian: hov, hòv
- ? English: hof
References
- hof in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hof in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- hof in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Old Saxon
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *huf?.
Noun
hof n
- dwelling, hovel, house
- court, hall
Descendants
- Middle Low German: hof
- German Low German: Hoff
- Plautdietsch: Hoff
- ? Danish: hof
- ? Estonian: hoov
- ? Norwegian: hoff
- ? Old Swedish: hof
- Swedish: hov
- ? Finnish: huovi
- ? Finnish: hovi
- Swedish: hov
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *h?faz.
Noun
h?f m
- a hoof
Swedish
Noun
hof n
- royal court; Obsolete spelling of hov
- hoof; Obsolete spelling of hov
Declension
hof From the web:
- what hof means
- what hi fi
- what hi fi awards 2020
- what hi fi speakers
- what hi fi reviews
- what hi fi magazine
- what hi fi turntables
- what hi fi best bluetooth speakers
hoof
English
Etymology
From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English h?f, from Proto-Germanic *h?faz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *?oph?ós (compare Sanskrit ?? (?aphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan ????????????????? (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ho?of, ho?of, IPA(key): /h?f/, /hu?f/
- Rhymes: -?f, -u?f
Noun
hoof (plural hoofs or hooves)
- The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
- (slang) The human foot.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 110):
- He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 110):
- (geometry, dated) An ungula.
Derived terms
Related terms
- hoofed
Translations
Verb
hoof (third-person singular simple present hoofs, present participle hoofing, simple past and past participle hoofed)
- To trample with hooves.
- (colloquial) To walk.
- (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
- (colloquial, football (soccer), transitive) To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
- Synonym: boot
Derived terms
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch hoofd, Middle Dutch hovet, from Old Dutch h?vit, from Proto-Germanic *haubud?. Doublet of sjef.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????f/
Noun
hoof (plural hoofde)
- head
Derived terms
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch hof, from Old Dutch hof, from Proto-Germanic *huf?.
Noun
hoof m
- garden (an outdoor area containing one or more types of plants)
hoof From the web:
- what hoofed animal am i
- what hoofed meaning
- what hoofed animals eat meat
- what's hoof and mouth disease
- what hoof oil to use
- what hoof is made of
- what's hoofed animals
- what hoof knife
you may also like
- hof vs hoof
- hor vs hof
- hof vs oof
- hos vs hof
- forecourt vs yard
- forecourt vs plaza
- forecast vs forecourt
- passage vs forecourt
- forecourt vs porch
- forecourt vs forecount
- forecourt vs square
- forecourt vs front
- forecourt vs courtyard
- rearranges vs rearrangers
- rearranges vs rearranger
- sclerotia vs rhizomorphs
- terms vs sclerotia
- sclerotia vs sclerotic
- sclerotin vs sclerotia
- sclerotial vs sclerotia