Hoffmeister
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hoffmeister.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hoffmeister is the 19027th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Hoffmeister is most common among White (95.74%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hoffmeister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 189.
German
Distribution of Hoffmeisters in Germany
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɔfˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
- Hyphenation: Hoff‧meis‧ter
Proper noun
Hoffmeister m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hoffmeisters or (with an article) Hoffmeister, feminine genitive Hoffmeister, plural Hoffmeisters or Hoffmeister)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Hoffmeister [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hoffmeister | (eine) | (die) | Hoffmeister | (die) | Hoffmeisters, Hoffmeister |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hoffmeisters, Hoffmeister1 | (einer) | (der) | Hoffmeister | (der) | Hoffmeisters, Hoffmeister |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hoffmeister | (einer) | (der) | Hoffmeister | (den) | Hoffmeisters, Hoffmeister |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hoffmeister | (eine) | (die) | Hoffmeister | (die) | Hoffmeisters, Hoffmeister |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Hoffrichter, Hoffmann, Hofmeister, Hofer, Ganghofer
- Baumeister, Hachmeister, Holzmeister, Wachtmeister, Waldmeister, Quartiermeister
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