Hof

See also: hof and hóf

English

Proper noun

Hof

1. An independent town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
2. A rural district of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, surrounding but not including the town of Hof, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as HOF (HET) in 1844. Derived from hof (“farmstead, homestead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔf/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hof
• Rhymes: -ɔf
• Homophone: hof

Proper noun

Hof n

1. A neighbourhood of Bergeijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Alternative forms

• Hoff (in family names, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German hof, from Old High German hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”). See there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːf/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /hɔf/ (northern and western Germany; becoming rare)

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hof
• Rhymes: -oːf

Noun

Hof m (strong, genitive Hofes or Hofs, plural Höfe, diminutive Höfchen n)

1. yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses)

   Der Hof hinter unserm Haus ist mit Schiefer gepflastert.

   The yard behind our house is paved with slate.

2. court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)

   Am Hof des Königs gab es ständige Intrigen.

   There were constant intrigues at the king's court.

3. farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields)

   Das Essen wird den Arbeitern ins Feld gebracht, damit sie erst abends auf den Hof zurückkommen müssen.

   The workers are served food in the fields, so that they needn’t come back to the farmyard before the evening.

4. (by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise

   Wenn mein Sohn den Hof nicht übernimmt, muss ich verkaufen.

   If my son doesn’t take over the farm, I’ll have to sell it.

Declension

Declension of Hof [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hof	die	Höfe
genitive	eines	des	Hofes, Hofs	der	Höfe
dative	einem	dem	Hof, Hofe1	den	Höfen
accusative	einen	den	Hof	die	Höfe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Außenhof
• Aussenhof
• Aussiedlerhof
• Autohof
• Bahnhof
• Bauernhof
• Bauhof
• Beginenhof
• Bergehof
• Biohof
• Bischofshof
• Burghof
• Ehrenhof
• Erbhof
• Erdbeerhof
• Friedhof
• Fronhof
• Gartenhof
• Gasthof
• Gefängnishof
• Gerichtshof
• Gesundheitshof
• Gutshof
• Hemmhof
• Herrenhof
• Hinterhof
• Holzhof
• Hühnerhof
• Innenhof
• Judenhof
• Kaiserhof
• Kirchhof
• Klosterhof
• Klosterinnenhof
• Kohlenhof
• Kolleghof
• Königshof
• Leichenhof
• Lokhof
• Nordhof
• Osthof
• Pausenhof
• Pfarrhof
• Pferdehof
• Ponyhof
• Rasthof
• Rechnungshof
• Recyclinghof
• Reiterhof
• Schafhof
• Scheunenhof
• Schulhof
• Schulzenhof
• Siedlerhof
• Stahlhof
• Stalhof
• Stallhof
• Stapelhof
• Statuenhof
• Südhof
• Tempelhof
• Tonnenhof
• Viehhof
• Vorhof
• Werkhof
• Werkshof
• Westhof
• Wohnhof
• Zarenhof
• Zeughof
• Zierhof
• Zuchthof

 

Derived terms

• Hofausgang
• Hofberichterstatter
• Hofeingang
• Hofgarten
• Hofhaltung
• Hofkammer
• höflich
• Hofschule
• Hoftür
• Pfaffenhofen

 

Related terms

• Gehöft

Descendants

• → English: hof

Proper noun

Hof n (proper noun, genitive Hofs or (optionally with an article) Hof)

1. An independent town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria
2. A rural district of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Hof, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat
3. A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
4. A town in Bruck an der Leitha district, Lower Austria. Official name: Hof am Leithaberge
5. A municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung district, Salzburg. Official name: Hof bei Salzburg
6. A village in Holmestrand municipality, Vestfold county, Norway

Declension

Declension of Hof [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Hof
genitive	des	Hofs, Hof1
dative	dem	Hof
accusative	das	Hof

¹Optionally with an article.

Further reading

• “Hof” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hof” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hof” in Duden online
• Hof on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Hof

1. A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway, which was merged into Holmestrand municipality on 1 January 2018.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Hof

1. A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway, which was merged into Holmestrand municipality on 1 January 2018.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”). Compare German Hof.

Noun

Hof m (plural Heef)

1. yard
2. farm place