See Hof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"de:Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany"
],
"glosses": [
"a municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate"
],
"links": [
[
"municipality",
"municipality"
],
[
"Westerwaldkreis",
"Westerwaldkreis#German"
],
[
"Rhineland-Palatinate",
"Rhineland-Palatinate#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Places in Austria",
"de:Places in Lower Austria, Austria",
"de:Towns in Austria",
"de:Towns in Lower Austria, Austria"
],
"glosses": [
"a town in Bruck an der Leitha district, Lower Austria; official name: Hof am Leithaberge"
],
"links": [
[
"town",
"town"
],
[
"Bruck an der Leitha",
"Bruck an der Leitha#German"
],
[
"Lower Austria",
"Lower Austria#English"
],
[
"Hof am Leithaberge",
"Hof am Leithaberge#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Municipalities of Salzburg, Austria",
"de:Places in Austria",
"de:Places in Salzburg, Austria"
],
"glosses": [
"a municipality of Salzburg-Umgebung district, Salzburg; official name: Hof bei Salzburg"
],
"links": [
[
"municipality",
"municipality"
],
[
"Salzburg-Umgebung",
"Salzburg-Umgebung#German"
],
[
"Salzburg",
"Salzburg#English"
],
[
"Hof bei Salzburg",
"Hof bei Salzburg#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Places in Norway",
"de:Places in Vestfold, Norway",
"de:Villages in Norway",
"de:Villages in Vestfold, Norway"
],
"glosses": [
"a village in Holmestrand municipality, Vestfold county, Norway"
],
"links": [
[
"village",
"village"
],
[
"Holmestrand",
"Holmestrand#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"Vestfold",
"Vestfold#Norwegian_Bokmål"
],
[
"Norway",
"Norway#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hoːf/",
"tags": [
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔf/",
"note": "northern and western Germany; becoming rare"
},
{
"audio": "De-at-Hof.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/94/De-at-Hof.ogg/De-at-Hof.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/De-at-Hof.ogg"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/De-Hof.ogg/De-Hof.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/De-Hof.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oːf"
}
],
"word": "Hof"
}
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