# die Hufe

die Hufe is a German noun meaning “oxgang”. Forms: der Hufe, die Hufen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Hufe
- Plural: die Hufen

## In other languages

- Русский: истор. гуфа, надел земли

## Meanings

1. _historical_ a land unit approximately equal to a virgate
2. _historical_ agricultural property, especially that owned by a free peasant (in this sense very common in blood and soil ideology)
3. oxgang
   - Das Feld war zwei Hufen groß.

## Examples

- Aus den Hufen des Hippogryph lässt sich die feinste Gelatine herstellen. — Hippogriff hooves make the finest gelatin.

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