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hoffen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aspire verb To have a strong ambition or hope to achieve something.
  • hope verb To want something to happen and believe it might.

Senses

hoffen is used for these senses in English:

  • aspire (intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
  • hope To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

hope — full definition

  1. verb To want something to happen and believe it might.
  2. noun A feeling of trust or expectation that something good will happen.

Related German words