Imhoff

English

Alternative forms

• Emhoff

Etymology

Borrowed from German Imhoff.

Proper noun

Imhoff (plural Imhoffs)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Imhoff tank

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Imhoff is the 8780^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3734 individuals. Imhoff is most common among White (94.91%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Imhoff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪmhɔf]
• Hyphenation: Im‧hoff

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Imhoff [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Imhoff	(eine)	(die)	Imhoff	(die)	Imhoffs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Imhoffs, Imhoff1	(einer)	(der)	Imhoff	(der)	Imhoffs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Imhoff	(einer)	(der)	Imhoff	(den)	Imhoffs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Imhoff	(eine)	(die)	Imhoff	(die)	Imhoffs

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Imhof, Imbach, Imfeld, Imgrund, Imwolde
• Bonhoff, Mönninghoff, Kappelhoff, Steinhoff, Westhoff, Hoffmann