hof  meaning in german
Detailed Translations for Hof from German to English. Hof: Hof [der ~] noun. der Hof (Hinterhof; Innenhof) the courtyard courtyard [the ~] noun. der Hof (Bauernhof; HÃ¶fe; Gut) the farmyard; the farmstead farmyard [the ~] noun.
Etymologically, the Old Norse word hof is the same as the German word hof, which originally meant a hall and later came to refer to a court (originally in the meaning of a royal or aristocratic court) and then also to a farm.