Hufe
German, noun/ˈhuːfə/
Hufe is spelled H-U-F-E (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hufe is a German feminine noun meaning “a land unit approximately equal to a virgate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Huf. The German Wiktionary defines it as “altes Flächenmaß, das etwa sechs bis achtzehn Hektar entspricht”.
What does Hufe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea land unit approximately equal to a virgate
- 2
feminineagricultural property, especially that owned by a free peasant (in this sense very common in blood and soil ideology)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Huf
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. altes Flächenmaß, das etwa sechs bis achtzehn Hektar entspricht
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 Hufe
- Hufen plural
- Hube alternative Southern archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hufe?
- /ˈhuːfə/
- [ˈhuːfə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hufe in German?
Hufe appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).