# hoff
## English
### Preposition

hoff
* Pronunciation spelling of off.
** 1918, Credo Harris, Where the Souls of Men are Calling‎:"'W'y, chuck 'er, ye blighter!' says I. "'But 'ow farst must Hi count four?' he asks agin, lookin' worrit; 's'pose she goes hoff in me 'and?' he says.
** 1880, John Habberton, Romance of California Life‎:"I believe in fair play, but I darsn't keep my eyes hoff of 'em sleepy-lookin' tops, when their flippers is anywheres near their knives, you know."
** 1877, Charles W. Hall, Adrift in the Ice-Fields‎:"'An hungrateful fool, marry an' turn me hoff; ugh, ugh! fix 'im, hany 'ow.'

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German hof, from Old High German hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill; estate”). Cognate with German Hof.

### Noun

hoff m (plural höffe) (Sette Comuni)
* courtyard
* farmyard

#### Related terms

* hüppes
* vraithoff

### Further reading

* “hoff” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔf/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hoff
* singular imperative of hoffen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of hoffen

## Luxembourgish
### Verb

hoff
* second-person singular imperative of hoffen

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German hof, from Old High German hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill; house, hall, estate”). Cognate with German Hof (“yard”).

### Noun

hoff m
* farmstead (farm including its buildings)

### References

* “hoff” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German hof.

### Noun

hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa or hoffene)
* a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

#### Derived terms

* hoffdame

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Middle Low German hof.

### Noun

hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa)
* a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

#### Derived terms

* hoffdame

### References

* “hoff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Welsh
### Etymology

Of unknown origin.
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any potential connections to Proto-West Germanic *hopōn (“to hope, expect”) or German höflich (“polite”)?”

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hoːf/

### Adjective

hoff (feminine singular hoff, plural hoffion, equative hoffed, comparative hoffach, superlative hoffaf, not mutable)
* dear, beloved
* favourite
* fond (of)

#### Usage notes

Unlike most Welsh adjectives, hoff precedes the noun it modifies, causing the noun to undergo the soft mutation.

#### Synonyms

* (beloved): annwyl, cu

#### Derived terms

* hoffi (“to like”)

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hoff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies