hofieren
German
Etymology
Middle High German hovieren, from Hof + -ieren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hoˈfiːʁən]
(file) - Hyphenation: ho‧fie‧ren
Verb
hofieren (weak, third-person singular present hofiert, past tense hofierte, past participle hofiert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, often figurative) to court, to pay court to [+accusative]
- Synonym: den Hof machen
- 2018 January 3, Jana Simon, Annabel Wahba, “Im Zwielicht”, in Zeit Magazin:
- Viele Schauspielerinnen, vor allem die erfahreneren und bereits erfolgreichen, hat er hofiert oder—abgesehen von seinen Wutausbrüchen, die auch Männer trafen—korrekt behandelt.
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Conjugation
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