uf

See also: uF, ûf, and UF

Chuukese

Noun

uf

1. clothing

Gothic

Romanization

uf

1. romanization of 𐌿𐍆

Ladin

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German huf, itself from Old High German huf, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu̯bh₂-. Cognate with German Hüfte, Dutch heup, English hip, Danish hofte.

Noun

uf m (plural ufs)

1. (Gherdëina, anatomy) hip

   Avëi i ufs strënc. ― To have narrow hips.

Noun

uf m (plural uves)

1. (Fascian, anatomy) hip

Alternative forms

• üf (Badiot)

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈuːf/

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German ūf.

Preposition

ūf [with dative (indicating location) or accusative (indicating movement)]

1. on, upon

Descendants

• Alemannic German: uf, ufe
• Bavarian: aaf, auf

  Cimbrian: af

• German: auf
• Vilamovian: u̇f
• Yiddish: אויף (oyf)

Old English

Noun

ūf m

1. owl
2. vulture

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “úf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• uf (Rhine Franconian)
• *up (Central Franconian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːf/

Adverb

ūf

1. up

Preposition

ūf

1. upon

Descendants

• Middle High German: ūf
  • Alemannic German: uf, ufe
  • Bavarian: aaf, auf

    Cimbrian: af

  • German: auf
  • Vilamovian: u̇f
  • Yiddish: אויף (oyf)
• Old Rhine Franconian: uf
  • Middle Rhine Franconian: uf
    • Rhine Franconian: uff, off

      Pennsylvania German: uff

      Hunsrik: uff

• Old Central Franconian: *up
  • Middle Central Franconian: up
    • Central Franconian: op

      Kölsch: op

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer