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 fact, the great Orpheus work from that era was Offenbach’s delightfully witty and irreverent operetta “Orpheus in the Underworld,” which pokes fun at the obsession.

From New York Times

“It was a sort of healing,” said Karin Marré-Harrak, the headmaster of a high school in the multicultural city of Offenbach.

From New York Times

Weather, of course, is always a factor in outdoor opera, and rain and lightning forced the cancellation of Friday evening’s performance of “Songbird,” an adaptation of Offenbach’s “La Périchole.”

From New York Times

Boehm, who was born in Offenbach in central Germany in 1920, built more than 50 churches, many of them in his signature concrete style.

From Seattle Times

“Le 66” Mission Opera stages four outdoor performances of Offenbach’s one-act comic operetta.

From Los Angeles Times