Hoffnung

== German == === Alternative forms === Hofnung (obsolete) === Etymology === From hoffen +‎ -ung. Cognate with Low German Huapnunge, English hoping. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔfnʊŋ/ Hyphenation: Hoff‧nung === Noun === Hoffnung f (genitive Hoffnung, plural Hoffnungen) hope, the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will really happen. Ralf Fücks, "Warum es Hoffnung für die Ukraine gibt", Tagesspiegel Causa, 25 February 2016. (inanimate) hope, the actual thing wished for (animate) hope, a person or thing that is a source of hope ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== Verzweiflung f ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Hoffnung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Hoffnung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Hoffnung” in Duden online Hoffnung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de