English

Proper noun

Hoff

1. A common nickname for David Hasselhoff.

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)

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)

1. effort, try, exertion (especially in a lifting or pulling motion)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Hoff m ‎(plural Häw)

1. yard, courtyard
2. court

Derived terms

• Hoffpuat (yard gate)
• Hoffdeena (yard servant)
• Kjennichshoff (king's courtyard, royal court)
• Hinjahoff (back yard)
• Kjoakjhoff (cemetary)

See also

• Boom
• Goaden
• Tun (fence)
• Stap
• Staul
• Däa
• Stow
• Hus
• Kjoakj

English

Preposition

hoff

1. Eye dialect spelling of off.
   • 1918, Credo Harris, Where the Souls of Men are Calling:

     "'W'y, chuck 'er, ye blighter!' says I. "'But 'ow farst must Hi count four?' he asks agin, lookin' worrit; 's'pose she goes hoff in me 'and?' he says.

   • 1880, John Habberton, Romance of California Life:

     "I believe in fair play, but I darsn't keep my eyes hoff of 'em sleepy-lookin' tops, when their flippers is anywheres near their knives, you know."

   • 1877, Charles W. Hall, Adrift in the Ice-Fields:

     "'An hungrateful fool, marry an' turn me hoff; ugh, ugh! fix 'im, hany 'ow.'

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔf/

Verb

hoff

1. Imperative singular of hoffen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of hoffen.

Luxembourgish

Verb

hoff

1. second-person singular imperative of hoffen

Norwegian

Noun

hoff n

1. court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

Inflection

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːf/

Adjective

hoff ‎(feminine singular hoff, plural hoff)

1. dear, beloved
2. favourite

Synonyms

• (beloved): annwyl, cu

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