houf

See also: Houf

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húf, hauf. Borrowed from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɦou̯f]

Noun

houf m inan

  1. flock, horde, crowd

Declension
Declension of houf (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative houf houfy
genitive houfu houfů
dative houfu houfům
accusative houf houfy
vocative houfe houfy
locative houfu houfech
instrumental houfem houfy

Derived terms

Further reading
  • houf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • houf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz, whence also Old English hēap, Old Saxon hōp. Compare Old Norse hópr.

Noun

houf m

  1. heap
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