Hofmeister
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hofmeister.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hofmeister is the 12861st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2394 individuals. Hofmeister is most common among White (96.24%) individuals.
German
Distribution of Hofmeisters in Germany
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhoːfˌmaɪ̯stɐ]
- Hyphenation: Hof‧meis‧ter
Proper noun
Hofmeister m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofmeisters or (with an article) Hofmeister, feminine genitive Hofmeister, plural Hofmeisters or Hofmeister)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Hofmeister [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hofmeister | (eine) | (die) | Hofmeister | (die) | Hofmeisters, Hofmeister |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hofmeisters, Hofmeister1 | (einer) | (der) | Hofmeister | (der) | Hofmeisters, Hofmeister |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hofmeister | (einer) | (der) | Hofmeister | (den) | Hofmeisters, Hofmeister |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hofmeister | (eine) | (die) | Hofmeister | (die) | Hofmeisters, Hofmeister |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Hofrichter, Hofmann, Hofbauer, Hofer, Ganghofer
- Baumeister, Hoffmeister, Waldmeister, Quartiermeister
See also
- Obersthofmeister
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