höflich
German (Berlin)
/ˈhøːflɪç/
adj
Definitions
- polite (well-mannered)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hovelich (in accordance with the customs of the court), hof derived from Old High German hof derived from Proto-Germanic *hufą (hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hufą
Gloss
hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hof German
- Höflichkeit German
- Unhöflichkeit German
- unhöflich German
- unhöflicherweise German
- courtois French
- discourtois French
- *keup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewp- Proto-Indo-European
- høflig Norwegian Bokmål
- *hufą Proto-Germanic
- *hufōną Proto-Germanic
- hof Old English
- hof Old Norse
- zdvořilost Czech
- zdvořilý Czech
- cortois Old French
- hof Middle Dutch
- hof Old High German
- hof Middle High German
- hovelich Middle High German
- hövelich Middle High German
- Haff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Héiflechkeet Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- héiflech Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hof Old Dutch
- hof Old Dutch
- hof Middle Low German
- hof Old Saxon
- hof Old Frisian
- hövelik German Low German
- hoff Mòcheno
- Hof Pennsylvania German