Homburg

• homburg

From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒmbəɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmbɚɡ/

Homburg (plural Homburgs)

1. A type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:

     The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.

   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1066:

     He was a tall lean man with a voice like a rasping crow. Impeccably dressed and hatted with a dark Homburg.

   • 2020 August 28, Thomas Vinciguerra, “Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Sting’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Harold Gould as Kid Twist (with a great mustache) wore the best Homburg in recent memory, and Redford always kept his fedora atilt at just the right, rakish angle.

• Homburg hat

Homburg

1. A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.

• Homburg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Middle High German hœhe (“elevation”) + burc (“fortification, castle”). Equivalent to Höhenburg (“hill castle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmbʊʁk/

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• Hyphenation: Hom‧burg

Homburg n (proper noun, genitive Homburgs or (optionally with an article) Homburg)

1. a town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland
2. a municipality of Frauenfeld district, Thurgau canton, Switzerland

• Homburger
  • Homburgerin
• homburgisch

• Bad Homburg
• Hohenburg, Hohenfels, Hohenstein

Homburg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Homburgs or (with an article) Homburg, feminine genitive Homburg, plural Homburgs)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

• Homberg, Hombach
• Hornburg, Hohenburg, Hohenstein

Homburg m (strong, genitive Homburgs, plural Homburgs)

1. Homburg (men’s felt fedora)