hoffen

Meaning

to hope

Hyphenated as

hof‧fen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɔfən/

Etymology

From Middle High German hoffen (12th c.), from northern Old High German *hoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn. It is uncertain whether the (unattested but probable) Old High German form was inherited or rather borrowed from Old Dutch hopon with implementation of the High German consonantism (which was then still entirely predictable). In fact, some scholars consider that all continental forms go back to Old English hopian, introduced as a religious term by Anglo-Saxon missionaries. The word was at any rate absent from Upper German, where it only established itself in later Middle High German, gradually displacing the now obsolete gedingen. See English hope for more.

Sentences

Wir hoffen , wir werden keine fünf Jahre für die Ausarbeitung der Donaustrategie benötigen .

We hope we will not need five years to elaborate the Danube strategy.