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Is erf a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word erf is a Scrabble US word. The word erf is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is erf a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word erf is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

E1R1F4

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3-letter words (3 found)

ERF,FER,REF,

2-letter words (4 found)

EF,ER,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from erf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of erf

erf ref efr fer rfe fre

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Definitions and meaning of erf

erf

Translingual

Symbol

erf

  1. (mathematics) error function.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f

Etymology 1

From Middle English erve, erfe, from Old English yrfe, ierfe (“heritage, bequest, inheritance, property, inherited property, property that passes to an heir, cattle, livestock”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją (“heritage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“to change ownership”) (whence also *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”)).

Cognate with Dutch erf (“inheritance, patrimony, ground, courtyard”), German Erbe (“heritage, legacy, inheritance”), Danish arv (“heritage, inheritance”), Swedish arv (“heritage, inheritance”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌹 (arbi, “inheritance”), Latin orbus (“orphan”), Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”), Old English ierfa (“heir”). Related to orf and odal and athel.

Noun

erf (plural erfs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) Inheritance; patrimony.
  2. (by extension) Stock; cattle.
Derived terms
  • erfkin

References

  • The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

Borrowed from obsolete Dutch erf (“hereditament, plot of land”). Doublet of erf above.

Noun

erf (plural erfs or erven)

  1. (US regional, Cape Colony, New York, South Africa) A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.
Derived terms
  • ervenholder

Anagrams

  • FER, REF, RFE, Ref, Ref., f***er, fer, ref

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛrf/
  • Hyphenation: erf
  • Rhymes: -ɛrf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch erve, from Old Dutch ervi, from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją.

Noun

erf n (plural erven, diminutive erfje n)

  1. yard (open area adjoining and belonging to a house)
  2. (figurative) heritage, patrimony
    Synonym: erfdeel
  3. (obsolete, law) hereditament, especially a plot of land
    Antonym: kateel
  4. (obsolete) inheritance
    Synonyms: erfenis, nalatenschap
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: erf
  • → English: erf
  • Negerhollands: erfe
  • Petjo: erf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

erf

  1. inflection of erven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Middle English

Noun

erf

  1. Alternative form of erve

Source: wiktionary.org