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Luxembourgish
Etymology
With paragogic -t under influence of German Hüfte from older Hëff, backformation from Middle High German hüffe, plural of huf, from
Old High German huf, from Proto-West Germanic *hupi. Cognate with Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.
Pronunciation
Noun
Hëft f (plural Hëften)
- hip
Further reading
- HEFT in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire