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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech húf, hauf. Borrowed from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.
Pronunciation
Noun
houf m inan
- flock, horde, crowd
Declension
Declension of houf (hard masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “houf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “houf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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
- heap