mof

• IPA^(key): /mɔf/
• Hyphenation: mof
• Rhymes: -ɔf

Shortening of moffel, from Middle French moufle, from Medieval Latin muffula.

mof f (plural moffen, diminutive mofje n)

1. muff (clothing)
2. (plumbing) piece to protect pipes where they are poorly connected

From a word for “sullen face, mean-spirited person”, which still survives in Flemish moef. This is usually considered a borrowing from German Muff (now dialectal in this sense), though it could also be a native formation; compare Middle Dutch moffelen (“to grumble”). Ultimately onomatopoeic. The ethnic sense first occurred in the form Hans Mof (16th century).

mof m (plural moffen, diminutive mofje n, feminine moffin)

1. (derogatory) German, Kraut

   Synonyms: Duitser, Moffrikaan

2. (obsolete) an eastern immigrant to Holland (especially from Germany, but also Gelderland, Overijssel etc.)

• moffenhoer
• moffenmeid
• moffenzeef
• Moffrika

From French mauve.

• IPA^(key): /moːf/

  Rhymes: -oːf

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mof (masculine mofen, neuter mooft, comparative méi mof, superlative am moofsten)

1. purple

mof (nominative plural mofs)

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• mofan
• mofön

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mof c (plural moffen, diminutive mofke)

1. glove
2. mitten; mitt

• “mof (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011