Hofmeister

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hofmeister.

Proper noun

Hofmeister (plural Hofmeisters)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hofmeister is the 12861^st 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)

1. 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