Hof
German (Berlin)
/hoːf/, /hɔf/
noun
Definitions
- yard, court, courtyard open area by a house or enclosed by houses
- court residence and entourage of a nobleman
- farmyard central area of a farm, excluding the fields
- (by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hof inherited from Old High German hof inherited from Proto-Germanic *hufą (hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hufą
Gloss
hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tempelhof English
- hof English
- hovel English
- hovelling English
- howf English
- -n- German
- -s- German
- Auto German
- Autohof German
- Bauer German
- Bauernhof German
- Eingang German
- Gast German
- Gasthof German
- Hinterhof German
- Hof halten German
- Hofeingang German
- Hoftag German
- Höfchen German
- Höfling German
- Innenhof German
- Kirche German
- Kirchhof German
- Landgasthof German
- Rast German
- Rasthof German
- Rechnung German
- Rechnungshof German
- Schlachthof German
- Tag German
- Tempel German
- Tempelhof German
- Vorhof German
- halten German
- hinter German
- hofieren German
- höfisch German
- innen German
- schlachten German
- *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *keup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *hufą Proto-Germanic
- *hufōną Proto-Germanic
- hof Old English
- hovel Middle English
- hof Old Norse
- hof Danish
- բակ Armenian
- hof Middle Dutch
- hof Old High German
- բակ Old Armenian
- Tempelhove Middle High German
- hof Middle High German
- hovelich Middle High German
- kirchhof Middle High German
- Bauerenhaff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Haff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- héiflech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hof Old Dutch
- hof Old Dutch
- hof Middle Low German
- hof Old Saxon
- hof Old Frisian
- hoff Mòcheno
- Hof Pennsylvania German
- Kaerichhof Pennsylvania German
- Karichhof Pennsylvania German