Huf

See also: huf, HUF, hûf, hüf, and hu̐f

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Hof.

Noun

Huf m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses)
    mol ne Huf kehrn
    to sweep the yard
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields)
  4. (Erzgebirgisch, by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise
    Huf un Schei
    farm and barn

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:
  • 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 20

German

Etymology

From Old High German huof, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Dutch hoef, West Frisian hoef, English hoof, Danish hov, and Swedish hov. Non-Germanic cognates include Russian копы́то (kopýto) and Sanskrit शफ (śapháḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːf/
  • (file)

Noun

Huf m (strong or mixed, genitive Hufes or Hufs, plural Hufe or Hufen or Hüfe)

  1. hoof
  2. (colloquial, in phrases) the human foot
    Schwing die Hufe! ― Let's go! (literally, “Swing the hooves!”)

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Hufe. The form Hufen still exists as a rarer variant in contemporary usage, whereas Hüfe is obsolete.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Huf” in Duden online
  • “Huf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Huf, Dutch hoef, English hoof, Swedish hov.

Noun

Huf m (plural Hufe)

  1. hoof
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