An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hoffart

by Friedrich Kluge

Hoffart, f., ‘haughtiness, arrogance,’ from MidHG. hôchvart, f., ‘living in high style, magnanimity, splendour, magnificence, haughtiness’; from hôch and vart; MidHG. varn, ‘to live,’ as in Wohlfahrt.