Hofburg

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English

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Proper noun

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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, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 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, published 2014, page 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.

German

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Etymology

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From Hof +‎ Burg.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Hofburg f (genitive Hofburg, plural Hofburgen)

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

Declension

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Proper noun

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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
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