Hofer

See also: HOFer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hofer.

Proper noun

Hofer (plural Hofers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hofer is the 4617^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7682 individuals. Hofer is most common among White (95.68%) individuals.

German

Etymology

From Hof +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoːfɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ho‧fer

Noun

Hofer m (strong, genitive Hofers, plural Hofer, feminine Hoferin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Hof (placename)

Declension

Declension of Hofer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hofer	die	Hofer
genitive	eines	des	Hofers	der	Hofer
dative	einem	dem	Hofer	den	Hofern
accusative	einen	den	Hofer	die	Hofer

Derived terms

• Hoferin

Adjective

Hofer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Hof

Usage notes

• Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.

Proper noun

Regional distribution of the surname Hofer in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Regional distribution of the surname Hofer in Austria in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Hofer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hofers or (with an article) Hofer, feminine genitive Hofer, plural Hofers or Hofer)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Höfer, Höfel, Höfler, Höfner, Höffner, Hübner, Huber
• Hofbauer, Hoof, Hofmann, Hövener, Hoff, Hoffmeister, Hoffrichter, Hoffmann, Haffner
• Ganghofer, Seehofer