Hofburg

Hofburg

English

Proper noun

Hofburg

1. (chiefly historical) The principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.
   • 2002, Michael Hofmann, translating Josepth Roth, The Radetsky March, Folio Society 2015, p. 14:

     A week later, via the prescribed channels, he requested an audience with His Majesty, and one morning, three weeks after that, he found himself face to face with His Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the Hofburg.

   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 266:

     In the 1780s however these were just a couple of strands in the mayhem of Josephine reform, with decrees streaming out of the Hofburg […] at an astounding rate.

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German

Etymology

From Hof +‎ Burg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoːfbʊʁk]
• Hyphenation: Hof‧burg

Noun

Hofburg f (genitive Hofburg, plural Hofburgen)

1. (archaic, historical) the principal castle or residence of a ruler (chiefly Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol)

Declension

Declension of Hofburg [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hofburg	die	Hofburgen
genitive	einer	der	Hofburg	der	Hofburgen
dative	einer	der	Hofburg	den	Hofburgen
accusative	eine	die	Hofburg	die	Hofburgen

Related terms

• Hofdame, Hofkapelle, Hofkirche, Hofmaler, Hofstaat

Proper noun

Hofburg f (proper noun, genitive Hofburg)

1. (historical) the principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers, located in Vienna
2. (politics) present-day residence of the president of Austria

Related terms

• Hofburgtheater
• Wartburg

Further reading

• “Hofburg” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Hofburg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Hofburg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache