Hoffmann

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hoffmann.

Proper noun

Hoffmann (plural Hoffmanns)

1. Alternative spelling of Hoffman; A surname.

German

Regional distribution of the surname Hoffmann in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

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/

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• 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)

1. a very common surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Declension of Hoffmann [masculine // feminine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	der, die	Hoffmann	die	Hoffmanns, Hoffmann, Hoffmänner2
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Hoffmanns, Hoffmann1	der	Hoffmanns, Hoffmann, Hoffmänner2
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Hoffmann	den	Hoffmanns, Hoffmann, Hoffmännern2
accusative	einen, eine	den, die	Hoffmann	die	Hoffmanns, Hoffmann, Hoffmänner2

¹With an article.
²Informal.

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

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Hoffmann

	singular	plural
nominative	Hoffmann	Hoffmannowie
genitive	Hoffmanna	Hoffmannów
dative	Hoffmannowi	Hoffmannom
accusative	Hoffmanna	Hoffmannów
instrumental	Hoffmannem	Hoffmannami
locative	Hoffmannie	Hoffmannach
vocative	Hoffmannie	Hoffmannowie

Proper noun

Hoffmann f (indeclinable)

1. 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], 2022