Where does “Hoffnung” come from?

Hoffnung (German) comes from German hoffen, from Middle High German hoffen, from Old High German *hoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic hopōn — to hope, to expect.

Hoffnung (German): hope, the belief or expectation that something...

Definitions

  1. hope, the belief or expectation that something...

Ancestry of “Hoffnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhoffento hope
2Middle High Germanhoffen
3Old High German*hoffōn
4Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect

Words derived from “Hoffnung

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hopōn