Hoffmann

[ hof-muh n; for 1, 2 also German hawf-mahn ]

/ ˈhɒf mən; for 1, 2 also German ˈhɔfˌmɑn /

noun

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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Example sentences from the Web for hoffmann

Hitler responded by buying her (through Hoffmann) an apartment five minutes from his flat, where Ilse came to live too.
New Biography Explores the Life and Myth of Eva Braun|Andrew Roberts|November 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
There are a gymnasium, a school of architecture and a monument to Hoffmann von Fallersleben in the town.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7|Various
I shall never forget the hour when I first read it to Hoffmann.
Peter Schlemihl|Adelbert von Chamisso
It is formed by a fenestration of a primitively continuous cartilaginous coracoid plate (Hoffmann).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour

In Hoffmann's own devout consciousness there had been response, since his childhood, to every item which the creed alleged.
Edward Caldwell Moore|Edward Moore
His mother, according to Hoffmann, "was richly endowed with both intellect and imagination."
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes