Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hofburg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: hof-burg
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Questions

What does hofburg mean?: The principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers (and, later, of the president of Austria), located in Vienna; (metonymically), the Habsburg regime.

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