Qof vs Hof - What's the difference?
qof | hof |
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 22, author=Michael Chabon, title=‘Gentlemen of the Road’, work=New York Times
, passage=At the southern tip of the island that was shaped like a letter qof they splashed up a stone embankment and clambered stiff and stumbling like unarticulated iron beings. }}
English words containing Q not followed by U
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. }}
As nouns the difference between qof and hof
is that qof is while hof is moderation.qof
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hof
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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
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