Hufe

See also: hufe and Hüfe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German hūfe, from Old High German hūfo, from Proto-Germanic *hūpô. Cognate with archaic German Haufe (modern Haufen).

Noun

Hufe m

1. (Uri) pile, heap

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 10.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːfə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Hufe

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Huf

Etymology 2

Middle High German huobe from Proto-Germanic *hōbō.

Noun

Hufe f (genitive Hufe, plural Hufen)

1. (historical) land unit approximately equal to a virgate

Declension

Declension of Hufe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hufe	die	Hufen
genitive	einer	der	Hufe	der	Hufen
dative	einer	der	Hufe	den	Hufen
accusative	eine	die	Hufe	die	Hufen

Further reading

• “Hufe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Hufe

1. plural of Huf