Hofer

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Hofer. === Proper noun === Hofer (plural Hofers) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Hofer is the 4617th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7682 individuals. Hofer is most common among White (95.68%) individuals. == German == === Etymology === From Hof +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhoːfɐ] Hyphenation: Ho‧fer === Noun === Hofer m (strong, genitive Hofers, plural Hofer, feminine Hoferin) a native or inhabitant of Hof (placename) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Hoferin === Adjective === Hofer (indeclinable, no predicative form) (relational) of Hof ==== Usage notes ==== Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more. === Proper noun === Hofer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofers or (with an article) Hofer, feminine genitive Hofer, plural Hofers or Hofer) a surname ==== Related terms ==== Höfer, Höfel, Höfler, Höfner, Höffner, Hübner, Huber Hofbauer, Hoof, Hofmann, Hövener, Hoff, Hoffmeister, Hoffrichter, Hoffmann, Haffner Ganghofer, Seehofer