Hëft

See also: heft and Heft

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

  • Hëff

Etymology

With paragogic -t under influence of German Hüfte from older Hëff, backformation from Middle High German hüffe, plural of huf, from Old High German huf, from Proto-West Germanic *hupi. Cognate with Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heft/, [həft]
    • Rhymes: -əft

Noun

Hëft f (plural Hëften)

  1. hip

Further reading

  • HEFT in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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