Hofrat

German

Alternative forms

• Hofrath (obsolete)

Etymology

From Hof (“courtyard, court; royal court”) +‎ Rat (“council; councilor”).

Noun

Hofrat m (strong, genitive Hofrates or Hofrats, plural Hofräte)

1. (historical) the Aulic Council of the Austrian Empire
2. (historical) councillors of the Aulic Council
3. (modern usage) title of a high-ranking Austrian Beamter ("Public servant")

Declension

Declension of Hofrat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hofrat	die	Hofräte
genitive	eines	des	Hofrates, Hofrats	der	Hofräte
dative	einem	dem	Hofrat, Hofrate1	den	Hofräten
accusative	einen	den	Hofrat	die	Hofräte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Reichshofrat

Derived terms

• Reichshofrat

Further reading

• “Hofrat” in Duden online
• Hofrat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Amtstitel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de