hov

See also: HOV, hóv, hòv, and Hov

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦof]

Verb

hov

  1. second-person singular imperative of hovět
    Synonym: hověj

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish hov, English hoof, German Huf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔvˀ/, [ˈhɒwˀ]

Noun

hov c (singular definite hoven, plural indefinite hove)

  1. hoof
Declension
Declension of hov
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hov hoven hove hovene
genitive hovs hovens hoves hovenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hof (shrine; court), from Proto-Germanic *hufą, cognate with German Hof (yard, court, farmyard), Dutch hof (yard, court, garden). Doublet of hof (court).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔvˀ/, [ˈhɒwˀ]

Noun

hov n (singular definite hovet, plural indefinite hov)

  1. (religion, historical) temple (with reference to pre-Christian Norse religion)
Declension
Declension of hov
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hov hovet hov hovene
genitive hovs hovets hovs hovenes

Etymology 3

From Old Norse , compare English ho, German ho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔv/, [ˈhɒw]

Interjection

hov

  1. whoops
  2. hey
Synonyms
  • hovsa
  • ups
  • upsedasse

Dutch

Alternative forms

Noun

hov n (uncountable)

  1. initialism of hoogwaardig openbaar vervoer (high-quality public transport)

Derived terms

  • hov-bus
  • hov-lijn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hófr.

Noun

hov m (definite singular hoven, indefinite plural hover or høver, definite plural hovene or høvene)

  1. a hoof

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hófr m, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Akin to English hoof.

Alternative forms

  • hóv (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːv/, [hu̞ːʋ]
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Noun

hov m (definite singular hoven, indefinite plural hovar or høver, definite plural hovane or høvene) or
hov f (definite singular hova, indefinite plural høver, definite plural høvene)

  1. a solid (i.e. uncloven) hoof
Derived terms
  • klauv (cloven hoof)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hóf n.

Alternative forms

  • hóv (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːv/, [hu̞ːʋ]
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Noun

hov n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hov, definite plural hova)

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Etymology 3

From Old Norse hof.

Alternative forms

  • hòv (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːv/, [hɞ̞ːʋ]
  • Rhymes: -oːv

Noun

hov n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hov, definite plural hova)

  1. (historical) a pagan temple in the Old Norse religion
  2. a hillock

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːv/, [hu̞ːʋ]
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

hov

  1. past tense of hevja
  2. past tense of hevje

References

Anagrams

  • hóv, hòv

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hōv, from Old Norse hófr, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Cognate with Danish hov, English hoof, German Huf and Dutch hoef.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːv/

Noun

hov c

  1. a hoof (of an odd-toed ungulate, like a horse – compare klöv)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German hof, cognate to German Hof and Danish hof.

Alternative forms

  • hof (up until the 1906 spelling reform)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːv/

Noun

hov n

  1. court; the people surrounding a ruler, such as a monarch or an emperor; the accommodation of a monarch
Declension
Descendants
  • Finnish: hovi
  • Finnish: huovi

Etymology 3

Noun

hov n

  1. (regional, northern) sense; ability to understand things and act with proper judgement [1]
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Verb

hov

  1. (obsolete) past indicative of häva
    Och han hov upp sin röst och kvad
    And he took up his parable, and said (Numbers 24:3)

References

  1. ^ Marklund, Thorsten (1986) https://libris.kb.se/bib/7790613