Hoff vs Hof - What's the difference?
hoff | hof |
Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
* 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
* 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
(Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
* 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
* 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
* 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org
A Korean-style bar or pub.
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Adam B. Ellick, In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book, New York Times
, passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}
Hof is a descendant of hoff.
As a proper noun Hoff
is a common nickname for David Hasselhoff.As a preposition hoff
is eye dialect of lang=en.As a noun hof is
enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.hoff
English
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) ----
hof
English
Etymology 1
A loan from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
- Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").Noun
(en noun)citation