Hoffmann in German

IPA: /ˈhɔfman/ Audio: De-Hoffmann.ogg

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Etymology: An occupational surname for an owner or manager of a farm, from Middle High German hof (“farm”) + mann (“man”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|hof||farm}} Middle High German hof (“farm”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m:f,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀,s:-:^er􂀿informal􂁀}} Hoffmann m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Hoffmanns or (with an article) Hoffmann, plural Hoffmanns or Hoffmann or (informal) Hoffmänner) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m:f,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀,s:-:^er􂀿informal􂁀}} Forms: Hoffmanns [genitive], Hoffmann [genitive], Hoffmanns [plural], Hoffmann [plural], Hoffmänner [informal, plural], strong [table-tags], Hoffmann [definite, nominative, singular], Hoffmanns [definite, nominative, plural], Hoffmann [definite, nominative, plural], Hoffmänner [definite, informal, nominative, plural], Hoffmanns [definite, genitive, singular], Hoffmann [definite, genitive, singular], Hoffmanns [definite, genitive, plural], Hoffmann [definite, genitive, plural], Hoffmänner [definite, genitive, informal, plural], Hoffmann [dative, definite, singular], Hoffmanns [dative, definite, plural], Hoffmann [dative, definite, plural], Hoffmännern [dative, definite, informal, plural], Hoffmann [accusative, definite, singular], Hoffmanns [accusative, definite, plural], Hoffmann [accusative, definite, plural], Hoffmänner [accusative, definite, informal, plural]

Inflected forms

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