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"You might belong in Hufflepuff,

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,

And unafraid of toil." —The Sorting Hat[src]

Hufflepuff is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff.[1] Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses; valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. The emblematic animal is a badger, and yellow and black are its colours. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout and the Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost.[7]

Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth,[4] and it is for that reason that the House colours were chosen: yellow represented wheat, while black was emblematic of soil.[10] The Hufflepuff point hourglass contains yellow diamonds.[11] Students sorted into Hufflepuff often demonstrate exceptional abilities in Herbology, owing to their correspondence to earth.

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Traits

Students belonging to this house are known to be hard-working, friendly, loyal, honest and rather impartial. It may be that due to their values, Hufflepuffs are not as competitive as the other houses, and are more modest about their accomplishments. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses; valuing hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its students.

Hufflepuffs are known to have a strong moral code, and a sense of right and wrong. Hufflepuffs are usually accepting of everyone. Students in Hufflepuff are known to value everyone and treat them as equal.

Hufflepuff appears to have the least rivalry with the other houses, except in Quidditch, although the Triwizard Tournament did temporarily put a great deal of strain on the relationship between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, due to unusual circumstances of the selection of both Gryffindor student Harry Potter and Hufflepuff student Cedric Diggory as Champions.[12][13] This was mended by 1998, where a majority of Hufflepuffs rose to defend Harry from Pansy Parkinson and later helped to defend Hogwarts.[14]

Reputation

"Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o' duffers," —Wizarding opinion of the House[src]

According to Minerva McGonagall, all four of the houses have produced exceptional witches and wizards in their time, but due to Helga Hufflepuff's policy of accepting any student Hufflepuff is often thought to be the house of less talented wizards and witches. However, this is merely a misunderstanding of the Sorting Hat's poem. The Hufflepuff house has produced a great many of successful and influential members of the wizarding world, such as the famous Magizoologist Newton Scamander. A great number of exceptionally skilled witches and wizards also have their origins on this house, including noted Arithmancer Bridget Wenlock, and former Minister for Magic Artemisia Lufkin. What makes Hufflepuff differ from the other houses is the fact that they don't tend to boast about these accomplishments; it is not considered to be part of their nature.[15]

Hufflepuff is the house that produced the fewest dark wizards throughout its history. Their cheerful and friendly demeanour can probably account for this property of the House. Hufflepuff firmly demonstrated its loyalty during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, when they were second only to Harry Potter's own house of Gryffindor in the number of students willing to stay and fight against Voldemort and his forces in the defence of their school.[16]

Common Room

Main article: Hufflepuff Basement

As a security device to repel non-Hufflepuff students, tapping on the wrong barrel, or tapping the incorrect number of times, results in one of the other lids bursting off, drenching the impostor in vinegar.

However, once you make it through the tunnel entryway, the Hufflepuff dormitory is a quite cosy and welcoming place; it always feels sunny. The common room is a large, earthy, round room with low ceilings. The view from the round windows is of dandelions and rippling grass.

The decor emphasises the earthy-feel of the room with plants hanging and resting all about the room, some that even sing and dance. Burnished copper touchings with plush, cosy yellow and black patterned sofas and chairs welcome Hufflepuff students to relax and discuss the interesting specimens brought in by the Head of House, Professor Sprout. A Hufflepuff student retires through big, round doors in the walls of the common room to their dormitory.[17][18]

Head of House

The Hufflepuff's head of house before and during Harry Potter's time was Pomona Sprout. She was the Herbology professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Known Hufflepuffs

See also

Behind the scenes

@privetdrivex: "Joanne, there are people who have a certain prejudice against Hufflepuff. What do you think about this?" : " @jk_rowling: "They do not understand the special mystique of the badger. Do not hate them - pity them." — J. K. Rowling responds to a fan's comments on Hufflepuff on Twitter.[26]

Pottermore House Cup

Hufflepuff came fourth for the first house cup with 62,596,368 house points. [31]

Hufflepuff came third for the second house cup with 48,438,276 points. [32]

Hufflepuff came fourth for the third house cup with 26,715,401 points. [33]

Hufflepuff won the fourth house cup with 24,915,860 points. [29]

Hufflepuff came third for the fifth house cup with 27,350,412 points. [34]

Hufflepuff came fourth for the sixth house cup with 32,259,036 points. [35]

Hufflepuff came second for the seventh house cup with 50,109,456 points. [ citation needed ]

Hufflepuff won the eighth house cup with 26,796,774 points.[30]

Translations

In translated editions, "Hufflepuff" remains the same and is used for the Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Faroese, German, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish, Swedish, and Vietnamese editions. The following translations have changed the name:

Albanian: Baldozkuqi

Bulgarian: Хафълпаф (Hafălpaf)

Chinese (PRC): 赫奇帕奇 (Hèqípàqí) (phonetic)

(phonetic) Chinese (Taiwan): 赫夫帕夫 (Hèfupàfu) (phonetic)

(phonetic) Czech: Mrzimor

Dutch: Huffelpuf

French: Poufsouffle

Finnish: Puuskupuh (onomatopoeic)

(onomatopoeic) Georgian: ჰაფლპაფი

Greek, Modern: Χάφλπαφλ (Háflpafl) (the translator mistakenly added an "l" (greek letter "λ") in the end)

(the translator mistakenly added an "l" (greek letter "λ") in the end) Hebrew: הפלפאף

Hindi: मेहनतकश (Mēhanatakaś) ("Hardworking")

("Hardworking") Hungarian: Hugrabug

Icelandic: Huffelpuff

Italian: Tassorosso ("Redbadger" in the movies); Tassofrasso (in the books and games; "frasso" doesn't have a meaning, it's used as a way to rhyme with "tasso" (Badger))

("Redbadger" in the movies); (in the books and games; "frasso" doesn't have a meaning, it's used as a way to rhyme with "tasso" (Badger)) Japanese: ハッフルパフ (Haffurupafu)

Korean: 후플푸프 (Hupŭlpupŭ)

Latvian: Elšpūtis

Lithuanian: Švilpynė

Norwegian: Håsblås

Persian: هافلپاف

Polish: Hufflepuff (But the inhabitants are called Puchoni ; puch = puff, feather)

(But the inhabitants are called ; puch = puff, feather) Portuguese (Brazil): Lufa-Lufa (onomatopoeia for a person making a hard effort - like this house's students)

(onomatopoeia for a person making a hard effort - like this house's students) Romanian: Astropuf ("astronomical puffs")

("astronomical puffs") Russian: Пуффендуй (Puffenduĭ)

Serbian: Хафлпаф (Haflpaf)

Slovak: Bifľomor ("Swots")

("Swots") Slovenian: Pihpuff (note: in book 6 the new transator changed it to Pihpuf )

(note: in book 6 the new transator changed it to ) Thai: ฮัฟเฟิลพัฟ

Ukrainian: Гафелпаф (Gafelpaf)

Welsh: Wfftitwff (onomatopoeic)

(onomatopoeic) Vietnamese: Nhà Hufflepuff ("House Hufflepuff")

Appearances

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