Homeoffice
See also: home office and Home Office
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English home office.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editHomeoffice n (strong, genitive Homeoffices or Homeoffice, plural Homeoffices)
- (countable) home office (place at home for telecommuting)
- Synonyms: Heimbüro, Telearbeitsplatz
- 2022 August 20, Sabine Seifert, “Venedig nach der Pandemie: Hoffen auf die digitalen Nomaden”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- Während des ersten strengen Lockdowns in Italien saß auch er zu Hause im Homeoffice und unterrichtete virtuell.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (uncountable, metonymically) (the practice of) telecommuting
- Synonyms: Heimarbeit, Telearbeit
- 2022 July 20, Shoko Bethke, “Arbeiten bei Rekordhitze: Die Fenster besser geöffnet lassen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[3], →ISSN:
- Alle anderen, die keinen festen Telearbeitsplatz haben, sondern gelegentlich Homeoffice machen, sind selbst für den Schutz vor Hitze zuständig.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
editThe Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Homeoffice) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Home-Office). The spaced spelling (Home Office) is proscribed.[1]
Declension
editDeclension of Homeoffice [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Homeoffice | die | Homeoffices |
genitive | eines | des | Homeoffices, Homeoffice | der | Homeoffices |
dative | einem | dem | Homeoffice | den | Homeoffices |
accusative | ein | das | Homeoffice | die | Homeoffices |
References
edit- ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 2023-01-20
Further reading
edit- “Homeoffice” in Duden online
- “Homeoffice” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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