Hof

hof hóf English +, Bavaria Proper noun en independent town adr/Upper Franconia s/Bavaria c/Germany. en rural district adr/Upper Franconia s/Bavaria c/Germany ;, surrounding but not including the town of Hof, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat. Czech Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Hofová cs m Declension m.an.surname Further reading Dutch Etymology First attested as HOF (HET) in 1844. Derived from nl hof farmstead, homestead. Pronunciation nl /ɦɔf/ nl Nl-hof.ogg nl Hof nl ɔf 1 nl hof Proper noun n nl neighbourhood c/Bergeijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands References German de: Alternative forms de Hoff in family names, otherwise obsolete Etymology From de gmh hof, from de goh hof, from de gmw-pro *hof, from de gem-pro *hufą hill, farm. See there for cognates. Pronunciation de /hoːf/ standard de /hɔf/ northern and western Germany; becoming rare de De-at-Hof.ogg Austria de De-Hof.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Hof de oːf 1 Noun m,(e)s,^e ^chen yard, court, courtyard open area by a house or enclosed by houses de Der Hof hinter unserm Haus ist mit Schiefer gepflastert. The yard behind our house is paved with slate. court residence and entourage of a nobleman de Am Hof des Königs gab es ständige Intrigen. There were constant intrigues at the king's court. farmyard central area of a farm, excluding the fields de 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. de by extension farm, agricultural enterprise de 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 m,(e)s,^e Hyponyms de 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 Lichthof 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 de Hofausgang Hofberichterstatter Hofdruckerei Hofeingang Hofgarten Hofhaltung Hofkammer höflich Hofschule Hoftür Pfaffenhofen Schlachthof Related terms de Gehöft Descendants en hof 1 Proper noun de:+ (Ortsname) de:Liste der Orte namens + toponym de independent town adr/Upper Franconia s/Bavaria de rural district adr/Upper Franconia s/Bavaria ;, surrounding but not including the town of Hof, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat de municipality dist/de:Westerwaldkreis s/Rhineland-Palatinate de town dist/de:Bruck an der Leitha s/Lower Austria Hof am Leithaberge de municipality dist/de:Salzburg-Umgebung s/Salzburg Hof bei Salzburg de village mun:suf/nb:Holmestrand co:suf/nb:Vestfold c/Norway Declension toponym Derived terms de Hofer de Hoferin Related terms de Hofheim, de Hofenberg, de Hoffenheim Further reading de Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb former municipality co/Vestfold c/Norway, which was merged into nb Holmestrand municipality on 1 January 2018. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn former municipality co/Vestfold c/Norway, which was merged into nn Holmestrand municipality on 1 January 2018. Pennsylvania German Etymology From pdc gmh - and pdc goh hof, from pdc gmw-pro *hof, from pdc gem-pro *hufą hill, farm. Compare de Hof. Noun pdc noun m plural Heef yard farm place