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English word origin

Etymology of hof

Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionHofde
  • Doublet mentionhowffen
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A temple, sanctuary, a shrine, or hall.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Old Norse hof or Old English hof, reinforced in modern (post-1990, chiefly neopagan) use by Icelandic hof (“shrine, temple”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionhofnon
  • Inherited-form mentionhofang
  • Cognate mentionhofis
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

A Korean-style bar or pub.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from Korean 호프 (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus. In English, the spelling has been re-aligned with the Korean term's etymon.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.

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