hofieren
German, verb[hoˈfiːʁən]
hofieren is spelled H-O-F-I-E-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hofieren is a German verb meaning “to court, to pay court to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich bemühen, jemandes Gunst durch Höflichkeit und Dienstbarkeit zu erlangen”.
What does hofieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to court, to pay court to
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich bemühen, jemandes Gunst durch Höflichkeit und Dienstbarkeit zu erlangen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hofieren
- hofiert present singular third-person
- hofierte past
- haben auxiliary
- hofierend participle present
- hofiere first-person indicative present
- hofierst indicative present second-person
- hofierest second-person singular subjunctive
- hofieret plural second-person subjunctive
- hofierten first-person indicative plural
- hofiertest indicative preterite second-person
- hofiertet indicative plural preterite
- hofier imperative second-person singular
- habe hofiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben hofiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hofiere! imperative singular
- hofier! imperative singular
- hofiert! imperative plural
- hofiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hofieren?
- [hoˈfiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hofieren in German?
hofieren appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).