"Hofmann" meaning in German

See Hofmann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈhoːfˌman] Audio: De-Hofmann.ogg
Etymology: Southern German variant of Hoffmann. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Hofmann m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofmanns or (with an article) Hofmann, feminine genitive Hofmann, plural Hofmanns) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|surname}} Forms: Hofmanns [genitive, masculine], Hofmann [genitive, masculine], Hofmann [feminine, genitive], Hofmanns [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Hofmann [masculine, nominative, singular], Hofmann [feminine, nominative, singular], Hofmanns [definite, nominative, plural], Hofmanns [genitive, masculine, singular], Hofmann [genitive, masculine, singular], Hofmann [feminine, genitive, singular], Hofmanns [definite, genitive, plural], Hofmann [dative, masculine, singular], Hofmann [dative, feminine, singular], Hofmanns [dative, definite, plural], Hofmann [accusative, masculine, singular], Hofmann [accusative, feminine, singular], Hofmanns [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a common surname originating as an occupation Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Hofmann-de-name-T-Pw39IM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: Hofmeister, Hofrichter, Hofbauer, Höfner, Hofer, Bergmann, Heinemann, Heinzelmann, Heiermann, Hermann, Kaufmann, Neumann, Zimmermann

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Southern German variant of Hoffmann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Hofmann m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofmanns or (with an article) Hofmann, feminine genitive Hofmann, plural Hofmanns)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Hof‧manns"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a common surname originating as an occupation"
      ],
      "id": "en-Hofmann-de-name-T-Pw39IM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Hofmeister"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hofrichter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hofbauer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Höfner"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hofer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bergmann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Heinemann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Heinzelmann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Heiermann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hermann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kaufmann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Neumann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zimmermann"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhoːfˌman]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Hofmann.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/De-Hofmann.ogg/De-Hofmann.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/De-Hofmann.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hofmann"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Southern German variant of Hoffmann.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hofmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Hofmann m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofmanns or (with an article) Hofmann, feminine genitive Hofmann, plural Hofmanns)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Hof‧manns"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Hofmeister"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hofrichter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hofbauer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Höfner"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hofer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bergmann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heinemann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heinzelmann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Heiermann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hermann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kaufmann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Neumann"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zimmermann"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns with multiple genders",
        "German proper nouns",
        "German surnames",
        "German surnames from occupations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a common surname originating as an occupation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhoːfˌman]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Hofmann.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4f/De-Hofmann.ogg/De-Hofmann.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/De-Hofmann.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hofmann"
}

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