Hof-

Hof-:

Hof|amt

nt → court appointment

Hof|arzt

m, Hof|ärz|tin

f → court physician

Hof|ball

m → court ball

Hof|da|me

f → lady-in-waiting

Hof|dich|ter(in)

m(f) → court poet; (in GB) → poet laureate

Hof|ein|fahrt

f → courtyard entrance

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Hof-:

Hof|er|be

m, Hof|er|bin

f → heir to a/the farm

Hof|eti|ket|te

f → court etiquette

hof|fä|hig

adj → acceptable at court; (= gesellschaftsfähig) → presentable; jdn/etw Hof- machen (fig) → to make sb/sth (socially) acceptable

Hof|fä|hig|keit

f (fig) → (social) acceptability

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Hof-:

Hof|gang

m pl <-gänge> → yard exercise

Hof|geist|li|che(r)

mf decl as adj → court chaplain

Hof|ge|sell|schaft

f → court society

Hof|ge|sin|de

nt

(auf Bauernhof) → farm workers pl

(am Fürstenhof) → servants pl → at (the/a) court

hof+hal|ten ?

vi sep irreg ? Hof c

Hof|hal|tung

f → (holding of) court

Hof|herr(in)

m(f) (= Gutsherr) → estate owner; (in England) → squire

Hof|hund

m → watchdog

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Hof-:

Hof|ka|pel|le

f

(= Kirche am Hof) → court chapel

(Mus) → court orchestra

Hof|knicks

m → court or formal curtsey (Brit) → or curtsy (US)

Hof|la|ger

nt → temporary residence; Hof- halten → to hold court

Hof|le|ben

nt → court life

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Hof-:

Hof|mar|schall

m (Hist) → major-domo; (in GB) → Lord Chamberlain

Hof|meis|ter

m (Hist)

(= Gutsverwalter) → steward, bailiff

(= Erzieher) → (private) tutor

Hof|narr

m (Hist) → court jester

Hof|pre|di|ger

m (Hist) → court chaplain

Hof|rat¹

m (Hist) → Court Counsellor (Brit) → or Counselor (US)

Hof|rat²

m, Hof|rä|tin

f

(in GB) → Privy Councillor (Brit) → or Councilor (US)

(Aus: Ehrentitel) → Hofrat, ˜ Councillor (Brit), → ˜ Councilor (US)

Hof|sän|ger

m (Hist) → minstrel

Hof|schran|ze

f <-, -n or (rare) m -n, -n> (Hist pej) → fawning courtier

Hof|sei|te

f → courtyard side (of building)

Hof|staat

m (Hist) → (royal etc) household

Hof|statt

f <-, -en or Hofstätten> → farmstead

Hof|the|a|ter

nt (Hist) → court or royal theatre (Brit) → or theater (US)

Hof|tor

nt → yard gate

Hof|trau|er

f → court mourning

Hof|tür

f → yard gate