Hufe

From Middle High German hūfe, from Old High German hūfo, from Proto-Germanic *hūpô. Cognate with archaic German Haufe (modern Haufen).

Hufe m

1. (Uri) pile, heap

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 10.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːfə/

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From Middle High German hūfe, hūve, a northern byform of huobe, from Old High German huoba (also hōva, huova), from Proto-Germanic *hōbō.

The v-form is expected only in Central Franconian, but irregularly established itself also in East Central German, possibly by association with hof (“estate, farmstead”). It was reinforced by Middle Low German hôve, from Old Saxon hōva. Further cognate with Dutch hoeve.

Hufe f (genitive Hufe, plural Hufen) (historical)

1. a land unit approximately equal to a virgate
2. (by extension) agricultural property, especially that owned by a free peasant (in this sense very common in blood and soil ideology)

• Hube (archaic, southern)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Hufe

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Huf

• “Hufe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hufe

1. plural of Huf