Hofjude
German, noun
Hofjude is spelled H-O-F-J-U-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written German, the 602,508th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hofjude is a German masculine noun meaning “Court Jew (prominent or wealthy Jew attached to a court by special privilege, generally in relation to periods before Jewish emancipation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Hofjude mean in English?
noun
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masculineCourt Jew (prominent or wealthy Jew attached to a court by special privilege, generally in relation to periods before Jewish emancipation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Hofjude
- Hofjuden genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hofjude?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hofjude in German?
Hofjude appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).