hoff
English edit
Preposition edit
hoff
- Pronunciation spelling of off.
- 1918, Credo Harris, Where the Souls of Men are Calling[1]:
- "'W'y, chuck 'er, ye blighter!' says I. "'But 'ow farst must Hi count four?' he asks agin, lookin' worrit; 's'pose she goes hoff in me 'and?' he says.
- 1880, John Habberton, Romance of California Life[2]:
- "I believe in fair play, but I darsn't keep my eyes hoff of 'em sleepy-lookin' tops, when their flippers is anywheres near their knives, you know."
- 1877, Charles W. Hall, Adrift in the Ice-Fields[3]:
- "'An hungrateful fool, marry an' turn me hoff; ugh, ugh! fix 'im, hany 'ow.'
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hof, from Old High German hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill; estate”). Cognate with German Hof.
Noun edit
hoff m (plural höffe) (Sette Comuni)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hoff” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hoff
Luxembourgish edit
Verb edit
hoff
Mòcheno edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hof, from Old High German hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill; house, hall, estate”). Cognate with German Hof (“yard”).
Noun edit
hoff m
- farmstead (farm including its buildings)
References edit
- “hoff” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German hof.
Noun edit
hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa or hoffene)
- a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)
Derived terms edit
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German hof.
Noun edit
hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa)
- a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hoff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
hoff (feminine singular hoff, plural hoffion, equative hoffed, comparative hoffach, superlative hoffaf, not mutable)
Usage notes edit
Unlike most Welsh adjectives, hoff precedes the noun it modifies, causing the noun to undergo the soft mutation.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- hoffi (“to like”)
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hoff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies