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hoven

/ˈhoʊvən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
hov-en
IPA
/ˈhoʊvən/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

alternative past participle of heave

adj

Affected with the disease called hoove.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English hoven, alteration of Old English hafen, ġehafen by analogy with class 4 strong verbs (compare broken, past participle of breken (“to break”)), from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove + -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hove (alternative) heaved (alternative) Hovens (plural)

Homonyms

hoeven

Rhymes With

woven interwoven govan jovan handwoven villanovan lovan hovan proven beethoven cloven unproven

Questions

How do you pronounce hoven?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoʊvən/.
What does hoven mean?
alternative past participle of heave
Where does hoven come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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