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hof

/hoʊf/

hof noun: an enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.

Noun (1)

hof (plural hofs)

  1. An enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.
    • Ulrike lived in a farm hof, and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.1993 May, Trevor William, “Jake's Castle”, in Harper's Magazine
    • Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof, enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.2009, Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds, 1st edition, New York: Black Cat

Noun (2)

hof (plural hofs)

  1. (Germanic) A temple, sanctuary, a shrine, or hall.
    • For each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged.1996, Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, Gods of the Blood, published 2003, page 307
    • Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or hof in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years.2005, Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, page 170
    Synonyms:
    garth

Noun (3)

hof (plural hofs)

  1. A Korean-style bar or pub.
    • To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs, or Korean pubs.2009 January 4, Adam B. Ellick, “In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book”, in New York Times

Noun (4) capitalized: HOF

HOF (plural HOFs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of hall of fame.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of hall-of-famer.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, functional programming) Initialism of higher-order function.

Noun (5) capitalized: HoF

HoF (plural HoFs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of hall of fame.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: HoF

HoF

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, Dragon Age fandom slang) Initialism of Hero of Ferelden; the player character in Dragon Age: Origins.
    • In 9:31 Dragon the HoF slew the Archdemon.2015 July 1, [deleted account], Reddit
    • The HoF, if alive, is mentioned in DA2 and in DA:I, possibly quite a lot depending on their relationships with various NPCs.2017 August 29, Alicorna, Reddit

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hof

Hof

  1. An independent town in the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany.
  2. A rural district of the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany, surrounding but not including the town of Hof, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.

hof meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

hof in Hindi

हॉफ, होफ, होफ़

hof in Tamil

ஹோஃப்

hof in Marathi

हॉफ, होफ

hof in Urdu

ہوف
More languagesFewer languages
hof in Bengali
হোফ, হফ
hof in Telugu
హోఫ్
hof in Malayalam
ഹോഫ്
hof in Punjabi
ਹੋਫ, ਹੌਫ, ਹੋਫ਼
hof in Gujarati
હૉફ
hof in Odia
ହୋଫ୍
hof in Nepali
होफ

Synonyms of hof

Forms of hof

pluralhofs
pluralHOFs
pluralHoFs

Origin of hof

Borrowed from German Hof. Doublet of howff.

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

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

Words formed from hof

Phrases with hof

Questions about hof

What does hof mean?
Hof means an enclosure, court, dwelling, building, or house.
What is hof in Hindi?
Hof in Hindi is हॉफ, होफ, होफ़. See Hof meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hof?
Hof can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hof?
Hof is pronounced /hoʊf/.
What is the plural of hof?
The plural of hof is hofs.

Words near hof in the dictionary

  1. hoes mad
  2. hoes one's row
  3. Hoeven
  4. Hoey
  5. Hoeys
  6. hof
  7. Hof van Twente
  8. Hofacker
  9. Hofackers
  10. hofan
  11. Hofbauer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hof (page history and authors); HOF (page history and authors); HoF (page history and authors); Hof (page history and authors); hof (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hof (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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