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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą. Cognate with German Hof.
Pronunciation
Noun
הויף • (hoyf) m, plural הויפֿן (hoyfn)
- court, courtyard
(Can we date this quote?), שלום־עליכם [Szolem-Alejchem], מאָטל פּייסי דעם חזנס [Motl Pejsi dem chazns]:מיר דערזעען פֿאַר זיך אַ גאַס, און נאָך אַ גאַס. אַ ווײַסן קלויסטער, גערטנער, הויפֿן, שטיבלעך.- mir derzeen far zikh a gas, un nokh a gas. a vaysn kloyster, gertner, hoyfn, shtiblekh.
- We notice a street ahead, and another street. A white church, gardens, courtyards and cottages.
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