Hofrat

German

Alternative forms

Hofrath (obsolete)

Etymology

From Hof (“courtyard, court; royal court”) +‎ Rat (“council; councilor”).

Noun

Hofrat m (strong, genitive Hofrates or Hofrats, plural Hofräte)

(historical) the Aulic Council of the Austrian Empire
(historical) councillors of the Aulic Council
(modern usage) title of a high-ranking Austrian Beamter ("Public servant")

Declension

Declension of Hofrat [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hofrat	die	Hofräte
genitive	eines	des	Hofrates, Hofrats	der	Hofräte
dative	einem	dem	Hofrat, Hofrate¹	den	Hofräten
accusative	einen	den	Hofrat	die	Hofräte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

Reichshofrat

Derived terms

Reichshofrat

Further reading

“Hofrat” in Duden online
Hofrat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Amtstitel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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