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Webster 1913 Edition


Erf


Erf

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Erven
(#)
.
[D.]
A garden plot, usually about half an acre.
[Cape Colony]

Definition 2024


erf

erf

English

Alternative forms

  • airf

Noun

erf (plural erfs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) Inheritance; patrimony.
    Son, you will have this farm to erf.
  2. (by extension) Stock; cattle.
Derived terms

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Etymology 2

From Dutch erf (patrimony, ground), related to English erf above.

Noun

erf (plural erfs or erven)

  1. (US regional, Cape Colony, New York) A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Noun

erf

  1. (mathematics) error function

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

erf n (plural erven, diminutive erfje n)

  1. yard

Verb

erf

  1. first-person singular present indicative of erven
  2. imperative of erven