Hufendorf

German

Hufendorf

Etymology

From Hufe (“historical land unit approximately equal to a virgate”) +‎ -n- +‎ Dorf (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuːfənˌdɔʁf], [-ˌdɔɐ̯f]
• Hyphenation: Hu‧fen‧dorf

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Noun

Hufendorf n (strong, genitive Hufendorfs or Hufendorfes, plural Hufendörfer)

1. ribbon development, linear settlement, ribbon-built village (a particular form of linear settlement in German-speaking countries, characterized by rows of houses situated along a linear object such as a riverbank, road, valley, or stream)

   Synonym: Reihendorf

   Antonyms: Haufendorf, Runddorf

Declension

Declension of Hufendorf [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hufendorf	die	Hufendörfer
genitive	eines	des	Hufendorfs, Hufendorfes	der	Hufendörfer
dative	einem	dem	Hufendorf, Hufendorfe1	den	Hufendörfern
accusative	ein	das	Hufendorf	die	Hufendörfer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Dorf, Siedlungsform, Geoobjekt

Hyponyms

• Bachhufendorf
• Hagenhufendorf
• Marschhufendorf
• Moorhufendorf
• Straßendorf
• Waldhufendorf

 

Related terms

• Bergdorf

Further reading

• “Hufendorf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hufendorf” in Duden online