Gehöft — meaning in English

English meaning

• farmstead noun The main house or building on a farm.
• homestead noun A house along with its land and outbuildings, especially a farm.
• stead noun The place or role of someone or something, especially when taken over by a replacement, as in "in his stead."

Senses

Gehöft is used for these senses in English:

• farmstead A farm, including its buildings.
• homestead A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
• stead (archaic) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.

farmstead — full definition

1. noun The main house or building on a farm.
2. noun A farm together with all its buildings.

homestead — full definition

1. noun A house along with its land and outbuildings, especially a farm.
2. verb To settle on and farm a piece of land in order to claim ownership of it.

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