different between hoven vs hosen

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoven, from Old English hafen, ?ehafen, from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjan? (“to lift, heave”). Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

Alternative forms

• hove, heaved

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho?v?n/
• Rhymes: -o?v?n

Verb

hoven

1. alternative past participle of heave

Etymology 2

From hoove +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hu?v?n/
• Rhymes: -u?v?n

Adjective

hoven (not comparable)

1. Affected with the disease called hoove.

   hoven cattle

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ov?n]

Noun

hoven

1. genitive plural of hovno

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?v?n

Noun

hoven

1. Plural form of hof

German Low German

Verb

hoven

1. past participle of heven

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hoven m

1. definite singular of hov

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Past participle of hevja, hevje.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

hoven m

1. definite singular of hov

References

• “hoven” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

hoven

1. definite singular of hov
2. definite plural of hov

English

Etymology

From Middle English hosen, from Old English hosan (“hosen, leggings, trousers”), plural of hosa (“hose, legging, stocking”); reinforced by German Hosen (“trousers, pants”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??z?n

Noun

hosen

1. (poetic, historical, archaic) plural of hose (the old-fashioned garment; stockings)

   • These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments.

   • 1877, Golden Hours:

     And I hoped that in youth the good path may be chosen By each little man who may chance wear these hosen.
2. Coverings for the legs; trousers; pants.
   • 1857, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:

     At the court of the Kaiser I born was and bred ; and there my hosen and jerkin were made ; […]

   • 2005, Adam McCune, Keith McCune, The Rats of Hamelin:

     The invisible cord ... I followed him down a narrow path with a rippling lake of grain on each side, wheat stalks brushing my hosen.

   • 2009, The Old Testament Made Easier:

     Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen [pants, trousers], and their hats, and their other garments, […]

Anagrams

• hones, shone

Middle English

Etymology 1

From hose +? -en (“infinitival suffix”).

Alternative forms

• hose, hosun, hosone, hosyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??z?n/

Verb

hosen

1. To equip with hose or leggings.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: hose
• Scots: hose

References

• “h?sen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English hosan, from Proto-Germanic *hus?niz; equivalent to hose +? -en (“plural suffix”).

Noun

hosen

1. plural of hose

Descendants

• English: hosen