Behuf
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German behuof, from Old High German *bihuof, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Behuf m (strong, genitive Behufes or Behufs, plural Behufe)
- (literary in expressions with zu, otherwise obsolete) purpose, aim
- 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Waldeinsamkeit”, in Romanzero[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, Zweites Buch: Lamentationen, page 121:
- Sie unterbrachen manchmal das Gesinge / Lautlachend, und frugen bedenkliche Dinge, / Zum Beispiel: »Sag uns, zu welchem Behuf / Der liebe Gott den Menschen schuf?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Behuf [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Behuf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Behuf” in Duden online
- “Behuf” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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