# die Hofburg

die Hofburg is a German noun meaning “the principal castle or residence of a ruler (chiefly Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol)”. Forms: der Hofburg, die Hofburgen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Hofburg
- Plural: die Hofburgen

## Noun

1. _archaic · historical_ the principal castle or residence of a ruler (chiefly Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol)

## Proper name

1. _historical_ the principal residence of the Habsburg dynastic rulers, located in Vienna
2. present-day residence of the president of Austria

---
Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Hofburg