Homburg

See also: homburg

English

Winston Churchill wearing a Homburg

Alternative forms

• homburg

Etymology

From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒmbəɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmbɚɡ/

Noun

Homburg (plural Homburgs)

1. A type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:

     The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.

   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1066:

     He was a tall lean man with a voice like a rasping crow. Impeccably dressed and hatted with a dark Homburg.

   • 2020 August 28, Thomas Vinciguerra, “Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Sting’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Harold Gould as Kid Twist (with a great mustache) wore the best Homburg in recent memory, and Redford always kept his fedora atilt at just the right, rakish angle.

Synonyms

• Homburg hat

Proper noun

Homburg

1. A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.

Further reading

• Homburg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hœhe (“elevation”) + burc (“fortification, castle”). Equivalent to Höhenburg (“hill castle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmbʊʁk/

• (file)

• Hyphenation: Hom‧burg

Proper noun

Homburg n (proper noun, genitive Homburgs or (optionally with an article) Homburg)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland
2. A municipality of Frauenfeld district, Thurgau canton, Switzerland

Derived terms

• Homburger
• homburgisch

Related terms

• Bad Homburg
• Hohenburg, Hohenfels, Hohenstein

Proper noun

Homburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Homburgs or (with an article) Homburg, feminine genitive Homburg, plural Homburgs)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Noun

Homburg m (strong, genitive Homburgs, plural Homburgs)

1. Homburg (men’s felt fedora)