# hov
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦof]

### Verb

hov
* second-person singular imperative of hovět
    Synonym: hověj

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish hov, English hoof, German Huf.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔvˀ/, [ˈhɒwˀ]

#### Noun

hov c (singular definite hoven, plural indefinite hove)
* hoof

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse hof (“shrine; court”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą, cognate with German Hof (“yard, court, farmyard”), Dutch hof (“yard, court, garden”). Doublet of hof (“court”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔvˀ/, [ˈhɒwˀ]

#### Noun

hov n (singular definite hovet, plural indefinite hov)
* (religion, historical) temple (with reference to pre-Christian Norse religion)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From Old Norse hó, compare English ho, German ho.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔv/, [ˈhɒw]

#### Interjection

hov
* whoops
* hey

##### Synonyms

* hovsa
* ups
* upsedasse

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* HOV

### Noun

hov n (uncountable)
* Initialism of hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer (“high-quality public transport”).

#### Derived terms

* hov-bus
* hov-lijn

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hófr.

### Noun

hov m (definite singular hoven, indefinite plural hover or høver, definite plural hovene or høvene)
* a hoof

#### Derived terms

* hestehov

### References

* “hov” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “hov_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hófr m, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Akin to English hoof.

#### Alternative forms

* hóv (alternative spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːv/, [hu̞ːʋ]
* Rhymes: -uːv

#### Noun

hov m (definite singular hoven, indefinite plural hovar or høver, definite plural hovane or høvene) or hov f (definite singular hova, indefinite plural høver, definite plural høvene)
* a solid (i.e. uncloven) hoof

##### Derived terms

* hestehov
* hovdyr (“solipede”)

##### Related terms

* klauv (“cloven hoof”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse hóf n.

#### Alternative forms

* hóv (alternative spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːv/, [hu̞ːʋ]
* Rhymes: -uːv

#### Noun

hov n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hov, definite plural hova)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse hof.

#### Alternative forms

* hòv (alternative spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoːv/, [hɞ̞ːʋ]
* Rhymes: -oːv

#### Noun

hov n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hov, definite plural hova)
* (historical) a pagan temple in the Old Norse religion
* a hillock

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːv/, [hu̞ːʋ]
* Rhymes: -uːv

#### Verb

hov
* past tense of hevja
* past tense of hevje

### References

* “hov” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* hóv, hòv

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōv, from Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Danish hov, English hoof, German Huf and Dutch hoef.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːv/

#### Noun

hov c
* hoof

##### Related terms

* hovtång

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German hof, cognate to German Hof and Danish hof.

#### Alternative forms

* hof (up until the 1906 spelling reform)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoːv/

#### Noun

hov n
* court; the people surrounding a ruler, such as a monarch or an emperor; the accommodation of a monarch

##### Related terms

* hyfsa
* hövisk
* hövlig

##### Descendants

* → Finnish: hovi
* → Finnish: huovi

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hov n
* (regional, northern) sense; ability to understand things and act with proper judgement

##### Derived terms

* magahov

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

hov
* (obsolete) past indicative of häva
    Och han hov upp sin röst och kvadAnd he took up his parable, and said (Numbers 24:3)

### References

* hov in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hov in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hov in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* ↑ Marklund, Thorsten (1986) https://libris.kb.se/bib/7790613