hoff

hoff

1. Pronunciation spelling of off.
   • 1918, Credo Harris, Where the Souls of Men are Calling‎:

     "'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:

     "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:

     "'An hungrateful fool, marry an' turn me hoff; ugh, ugh! fix 'im, hany 'ow.'

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.

hoff m (plural höffe) (Sette Comuni)

1. courtyard
2. farmyard

• hüppes
• vraithoff

• “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

• IPA^(key): /hɔf/

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hoff

1. singular imperative of hoffen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of hoffen

hoff

1. second-person singular imperative of hoffen

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”).

hoff m

1. farmstead (farm including its buildings)

• “hoff” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

From Middle Low German hof.

hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa or hoffene)

1. a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

• hoffdame

• “hoff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hoff” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German hof.

hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa)

1. a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

• hoffdame

• “hoff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /hoːf/

hoff (feminine singular hoff, plural hoffion, equative hoffed, comparative hoffach, superlative hoffaf, not mutable)

1. dear, beloved
2. favourite
3. fond (of)

Unlike most Welsh adjectives, hoff precedes the noun it modifies, causing the noun to undergo the soft mutation.

• (beloved): annwyl, cu

• hoffi (“to like”)

• 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