häufen
German (Berlin)
/ˈhɔʏ̯fən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- To heap (up), to pile up
- To amass, accumulate, aggregate
- (reflexive) to pile up, to accrete
- (childish) to poop, defecate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German houfen inherited from Old High German hūfōn derived from Proto-Germanic *haupaz (heap).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haupaz
Gloss
heap
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Anhäufung German
- Häufigkeit German
- anhäufen German
- aufhäufen German
- häufig German
- überhäufen German
- *koupos Proto-Indo-European
- *haupaz Proto-Germanic
- houf Old High German
- hūfōn Old High German
- houfen Middle High German
- höufen Middle High German
- heefen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *haup gmw-pro
- hôp Middle Low German
- hōp Middle Low German
- hōp Old Saxon