"hoff" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See hoff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hoffet [definite, singular], hoff [indefinite, plural], hoffa [definite, plural], hoffene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Middle Low German hof. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|gml|hof}} Middle Low German hof Head templates: {{nb-noun-n1}} hoff n (definite singular hoffet, indefinite plural hoff, definite plural hoffa or hoffene)
  1. a court (collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign) Tags: neuter Derived forms: hoffdame

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "hoffa",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "hoffa",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoffene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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