Hoffmann
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from German Hoffmann.
=== Proper noun ===
Hoffmann (plural Hoffmanns)
Alternative spelling of Hoffman (“surname”).
==== Derived terms ====
Bouveret-Hoffmann syndrome
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɦofman]
=== Proper noun ===
Hoffmann m anim (female equivalent Hoffmannová)
a male surname from German
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Hoffmann”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Hofmann (less common)
=== Etymology ===
An occupational surname for an owner or manager of a farm, from Middle High German hof (“farm”) + mann (“man”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhɔfman/
Hyphenation: Hoff‧mann
=== Proper noun ===
Hoffmann m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Hoffmanns or (with an article) Hoffmann, plural Hoffmanns or Hoffmann or (informal) Hoffmänner)
a very common surname originating as an occupation
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
Hoffmeister, Hoffrichter, Hofbauer, Höffner, Hofer
Hanschmann, Heinemann, Heinzelmann, Heiermann, Hermann, Kaufmann, Zimmermann
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from German Hoffmann.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈxɔf.man/
Rhymes: -ɔfman
Syllabification: Hoff‧mann
Homophone: Hofman
=== Proper noun ===
Hoffmann m pers
a male surname from German
==== Declension ====
=== Proper noun ===
Hoffmann f (indeclinable)
a female surname from German
=== Further reading ===
Hoffmann in Polish dictionaries at PWN
“Hoffmann”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030