Huf
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Huf m
- (Erzgebirgisch) yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses)
- mol ne Huf kehrn
- to sweep the yard
- (Erzgebirgisch) court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)
- (Erzgebirgisch) farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields)
- (Erzgebirgisch, by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise
- Huf un Schei
- farm and barn
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Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:
- 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 20
German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German huof, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Dutch hoef, West Frisian hoef, English hoof, Danish hov, and Swedish hov. Non-Germanic cognates include Russian копы́то (kopýto) and Sanskrit शफ (śapháḥ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Huf m (strong or mixed, genitive Hufes or Hufs, plural Hufe or Hufen or Hüfe)
- hoof
- (colloquial, in phrases) the human foot
- Schwing die Hufe! ― Let's go! (literally, “Swing the hooves!”)
Usage notes edit
- The normal plural is Hufe. The form Hufen still exists as a rarer variant in contemporary usage, whereas Hüfe is obsolete.
Declension edit
Declension of Huf [masculine, strong // mixed]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Huf, Dutch hoef, English hoof, Swedish hov.
Noun edit
Huf m (plural Hufe)