Feminine
Hoffnung
Meaning
- (feminine) hope, the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will really happen.
- (feminine, inanimate) hope, the actual thing wished for
- (animate, feminine) hope, a person or thing that is a source of hope
Concepts
future prospects
pinning one’s hopes on
Synonyms
Zukunftsverheißungen
Zukunftsversprechungen
Zukunftsaussichten
Zukunftsfähigkeit
Hoffnungsstrahl
Translations
speranza
espoir
esperanza
esperança
hoop
esperança
umut
ελπίδα
أمل
spes
esperançaFrequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
hoffnig
Appenzell Innerrhoden
hofnig
Basel-Landschaft
hoffnig
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɔfnʊŋ/
Etymology
In summary
From hoffen + -ung. Cognate with Low German Huapnunge, English hoping.
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