the Hoff
- (slang)David Hasselhoff.
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- "'America's Got Talent' recap: 'Hoff the charts!'" (Entertainment Weekly)
- "Actor David Hasselhoff, the "America's Got Talent" judge known for his playfullyHoff-ful puns, has listed his longtime family home in Encino at $4,195,000." (The Los Angeles Times)
- "Hoff the Wall" (The Sun)
- "America's Got Talent: Five Finalists and a SingingHoff in the House" (E! Online)
- "Hoff praises Holly's topless show" (The Press Association)
FromFrankish*hof, fromProto-West Germanic*hof, fromProto-Germanic*hufą(“hill, farm”).
- IPA(key): /hɔf/,[hof]
- Hyphenation:Hoff
- Rhymes:-ɔf
Hoff m (pluralHöff,diminutiveHöffke)
- (Eupen)yard,court,courtyard(open area by a house or enclosed by houses)
- (Eupen)court(residence and entourage of a nobleman)
- (Eupen)farmyard(central area of a farm, excluding the fields)
- (Eupen, by extension)farm,agriculturalenterprise
Derived fromhiewen(“to lift”). CompareGermanHub(“the act of lifting; that which is lifted”).
Hoff m (pluralHëff)
- effort,try,exertion,push (especially in a lifting or pulling motion)
FromMiddle Low German andOld Saxonhof.
Hoff m (pluralHäw)
- yard,courtyard
- court
