"Hofer" meaning in German

See Hofer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈhoːfɐ] Audio: De-Hofer.ogg
Etymology: From Hof + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Hof|-er}} Hof + -er Head templates: {{de-adj|indecl.pred:-}} Hofer (indeclinable, no predicative form)
  1. (relational) of Hof Tags: indeclinable, no-predicative-form, relational
    Sense id: en-Hofer-de-adj-M8yQFFbC

Proper name

IPA: [ˈhoːfɐ] Audio: De-Hofer.ogg Forms: Hofers [genitive, masculine], Hofer [genitive, masculine], Hofer [feminine, genitive], Hofers [plural], Hofer [plural]
Etymology: From Hof + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Hof|-er}} Hof + -er Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Hofer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofers or (with an article) Hofer, feminine genitive Hofer, plural Hofers or Hofer)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Hofer-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, German adjectives without predicate, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Demonyms Disambiguation of German adjectives without predicate: 22 47 31 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 59 21 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 19 59 23 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 30 53 17 Related terms: Höfer, Höfel, Höfler, Höfner, Höffner, Hübner, Huber, Hofbauer, Hoof, Hofmann, Hövener, Hoff, Hoffmeister, Hoffrichter, Hoffmann, Haffner, Ganghofer, Seehofer

Noun

IPA: [ˈhoːfɐ] Audio: De-Hofer.ogg
Etymology: From Hof + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Hof|-er}} Hof + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Hofer m (strong, genitive Hofers, plural Hofer, feminine Hoferin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Hofers [genitive], Hofer [plural], Hoferin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Hofer [nominative, singular], Hofer [definite, nominative, plural], Hofers [genitive, singular], Hofer [definite, genitive, plural], Hofer [dative, singular], Hofern [dative, definite, plural], Hofer [accusative, singular], Hofer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a native or inhabitant of Hof (placename) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Hoferin
    Sense id: en-Hofer-de-noun-myPJKmhw

Inflected forms

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