Etymology

hof

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Today it means: An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house. Full definition →

German Hof
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hof · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromHof
  2. English todayhof

Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.

hof · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromhof
  2. Old Norse · borrowed fromhof
  3. English todayhof

Borrowed from Old Norse hof or Old English hof, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).

hof · noun3

  1. German · derived fromHofbräuhaus
  2. Korean · borrowed from호프
  3. English todayhof

Borrowed from Korean 호프 (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus. In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon.

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