Hoff

== English == === Etymology === Clipping of Hasselhoff. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === the Hoff (slang) David Hasselhoff. ==== 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) == Limburgish == === Alternative forms === hoof, haof (widespread variants) hoaf (Southeast Limburgish) Hooef (Krefeld) === Etymology === From Frankish *hof, from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɔf/, [hof] Hyphenation: Hoff Rhymes: -ɔf === Noun === Hoff m (plural Höff, diminutive Höffke) (Eupen) yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses) (Eupen) court (residence and entourage of a nobleman) (Eupen) farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields) (Eupen, by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise == 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) effort, try, exertion, push (especially in a lifting or pulling motion) == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German and Old Saxon hof. === Noun === Hoff m (plural Häw) yard, courtyard court ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Boom Goaden Tun (fence) Stap Staul Däa Stow Hus Kjoakj === Further reading === Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words