Haff

== German == === Etymology === Ca. 1800, from Low German Haff, from Middle Low German haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą (“heaving sea”). Cognate with Old English hæf and Danish hav. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haf/ === Noun === Haff n (strong, genitive Haffs or Haffes, plural Haffe or Haffs) a lagoon behind a spit or narrow island, especially in the Baltic Sea ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Frisches Haff Kurisches Haff Stettiner Haff ==== Related terms ==== heben Hefe Hafen ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: haf → Polish: haf === See also === Nehrung == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą. The plural Häff is derived from the singular; the original form is archaic Hief. Cognate with German Hof, Dutch hof, English hovel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haf/, [hɑf] Rhymes: -ɑf === Noun === Haff m (plural Häff) courtyard court (of a sovereign) farm ==== Synonyms ==== (farm): Bauerenhaff