Behuf

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German behuof, from Old High German *bihuof, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈhuːf/
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Noun

Behuf m (strong, genitive Behufes or Behufs, plural Behufe)

  1. (literary in expressions with zu, otherwise obsolete) purpose, aim
    • 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Waldeinsamkeit”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, Zweites Buch: Lamentationen, page 121:
      Sie unterbrachen manchmal das Gesinge / Lautlachend, und frugen bedenkliche Dinge, / Zum Beispiel: »Sag uns, zu welchem Behuf / Der liebe Gott den Menschen schuf?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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