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Hoff

Hoff

See also: hoff

English

Proper noun

Hoff

  1. A common nickname for David Hasselhoff.

Usage notes

  • Generally styled as "the Hoff".

Quotations

  • "'America's Got Talent' recap: 'Hoff the charts!'" (Entertainment Weekly)
  • "Actor David Hasselhoff, the "America's Got Talent" judge known for his playfully Hoff-ful puns, has listed his longtime family home in Encino at $4,195,000." (The Los Angeles Times)
  • "Hoff the Wall" (The Sun)
  • "America's Got Talent: Five Finalists and a Singing Hoff in the House" (E! Online)
  • "Hoff praises Holly's topless show" (The Press Association)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from hiewen (to lift). Compare German Hub (the act of lifting; that which is lifted).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hof/
    • Rhymes: -of

Noun

Hoff m (plural Hëff)

  1. effort, try, exertion (especially in a lifting or pulling motion)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Hoff m (plural Häw)

  1. yard, courtyard
  2. court

Derived terms

  • Hoffpuat (yard gate)
  • Hoffdeena (yard servant)
  • Kjennichshoff (king's courtyard, royal court)
  • Hinjahoff (back yard)
  • Kjoakjhoff (cemetary)

See also

hoff

hoff

See also: Hoff

English

Preposition

hoff

  1. Eye dialect 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.'

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔf/

Verb

hoff

  1. Imperative singular of hoffen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of hoffen.

Luxembourgish

Verb

hoff

  1. second-person singular imperative of hoffen

Norwegian

Noun

hoff n

  1. court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

Inflection


Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːf/

Adjective

hoff (feminine singular hoff, plural hoff)

  1. dear, beloved
  2. favourite

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
hoff unchanged unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.