Hof Definition

noun

Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.

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(Neopaganism): Template, sanctuary, hall.

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A Korean-style bar or pub.

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Other Word Forms of Hof

Noun

Singular:
hof
Plural:
hofs

Origin of Hof

  • From Korean 호프 (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“farm, building”). In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon, Hof(bräuhaus).

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  • From Old Norse hóf, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).

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  • A loan from German Hof (“building, farm, estate; enclosure, courtyard, court”).

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Hof Sentence Examples

  • The Walscher Hof, formerly a royal residence and mint, was built at the end of the 13th century, and the Gothic Steinerne Haus, which since 1849 serves as town-hall, contains one of the richest archives in Bohemia.

  • On the 7th of October the Grande Armee lay in three parallel columns along the roads leading over the mountains to Hof, Schleiz and Kronach; on the right lay the IV.

  • Opposite the Hof burg, the main body of which is separated from the Ring-Strasse by the Hofgarten and Volksgarten, rise the handsome monument of the empress Maria Theresa (erected 1888) and the imperial museums of art and natural history, two extensive Renaissance edifices with domes (erected 1870-89), matching each other in every particular and grouping finely with the new part of the palace.

  • It pursues a winding course in a northerly direction, and after passing the manufacturing town of Hof, flows amid well-wooded hills until it reaches the pleasant vale of Saalberg.

  • Its only ornaments are the old market-place and the gardens formed by the purchase in 1825 of a seat called the Hof.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With H and Ending With F

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With H3 Letter Words Ending With F