Hoffmann
[hof-muh n; for 1, 2 also German hawf-mahn]
- E(rnst) T(he·o·dor) A(ma·de·us) (Wil·helm) [ernst tey-aw-dohr ah-mah-dey-oo s vil-helm] /ɛrnst ˈteɪ ɔˌdoʊr ˌɑ mɑˈdeɪ ʊs ˈvɪl hɛlm/, 1776–1822, German author, composer, and illustrator.
- Jo·sef [joh-zuh f, -suh f] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf, -səf/, 1870–1956, Viennese architect and designer, born in Austria-Hungary.
- Ro·ald [roh-uh l, -ahl] /ˈroʊ əl, -ɑl/, born 1937, U.S. chemist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize 1981.
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Examples from the Web for hoffmann
Contemporary Examples
Hitler responded by buying her (through Hoffmann) an apartment five minutes from his flat, where Ilse came to live too.
Historical Examples
In this sense Matthys completed the transformation begun by Hoffmann.
German Culture Past and PresentErnest Belfort Bax
That evening they dined out, and went to "The Tales of Hoffmann."
BeyondJohn Galsworthy
Its chiefs (Hoffmann, Poe, et al.) are classed by critics as realists.
Essay on the Creative ImaginationTh. Ribot
I shall never forget the hour when I first read it to Hoffmann.
Peter SchlemihlAdelbert von Chamisso
The episode is furnished with a beginning and ending original with Hoffmann.
The Translations of BeowulfChauncey Brewster Tinker