Offenbach

American  

[aw-fuhn-bahk, of-uhn-, aw-fen-bak, awf-uhn-bahkh] / ˈɔ fənˌbɑk, ˈɒf ən-, ɔ fɛnˈbak, ˈɔf ənˌbɑx /

noun

1. Jacques 1819–80, French composer.

2. a city in S Hesse, in central Germany, on the Main River, near Frankfurt.

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Offenbach ¹ British  

/ ˈɔfənbax /

noun

1. a city in central Germany, on the River Main in Hesse opposite Frankfurt am Main: leather-goods industry. Pop: 119 208 (2003 est)

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Offenbach ² British  

/ ɔfɛnbak, ˈɒfənˌbɑːk /

noun

1. Jacques (ʒɑk). 1819–80, German-born French composer of many operettas, including Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), and of the opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1881)

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Example Sentences

In 1959, Eintracht faced local rivals Kickers Offenbach in the German championship final in Berlin.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

In Ms. Soysal’s school in Offenbach, nine in 10 children have at least one parent who emigrated to Germany.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2021

Gottfried Leo Böhm was born in Offenbach am Main, near Frankfurt, on Jan. 23, 1920.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2021

The production is a dismaying, yet magnificent, overthrowing of the Offenbach typically presented as an innocuously charming wit who gave the world the light entertainment of operetta.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2019

It sounded a bit like Emily Ann Offenbach.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath