See also: huf, HUF, hûf, hüf, and hu̐f

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Hof.

Noun

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Huf m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses)
    mol ne Huf kehrn
    to sweep the yard
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields)
  4. (Erzgebirgisch, by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise
    Huf un Schei
    farm and barn
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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /huːf/
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Noun

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Huf m (strong or mixed, genitive Hufes or Hufs, plural Hufe or Hufen or Hüfe)

  1. hoof
  2. (colloquial, in phrases) the human foot
    Schwing die Hufe!Let's go! (literally, “Swing the hooves!”)

Usage notes

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  • The normal plural is Hufe. The form Hufen still exists as a rarer variant in contemporary usage, whereas Hüfe is obsolete.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Huf” in Duden online
  • Huf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German Huf, Dutch hoef, English hoof, Swedish hov.

Noun

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Huf m (plural Hufe)

  1. hoof