Homburg

homburg English right|thumb|Winston Churchill wearing a Homburg Alternative forms en homburg Etymology From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn. Pronunciation en /ˈhɒmbəɡ/ RP en /ˈhɑmbɚɡ/ GA Noun A type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby. en 1946 George Johnston Skyscrapers in the Mist 35 The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat. en 1983 w:Lawrence Durrell Sebastian Faber & Faber 2004 Avignon Quintet 1066 He was a tall lean man with a voice like a rasping crow. Impeccably dressed and hatted with a dark Homburg. en Thomas Vinciguerra Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Sting’ The New York Times 2020-08-28 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/movies/the-sting-robert-redford-paul-newman.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260131081244/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/movies/the-sting-robert-redford-paul-newman.html 31 January 2026 Synonyms en Homburg hat Derived terms en Homburged Proper noun en town/administrative seat dist/de:Saarpfalz-Kreis s/Saarland c/Germany. Further reading en eponyms terms derived from toponyms en Headwear German de: Etymology From de gmh hœhe elevation + gmh burc fortification, castle. Equivalent to de Höhenburg hill castle. Pronunciation de /ˈhɔmbʊʁk/ de De-Homburg.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Hom burg Proper noun toponym de town/administrative seat dist/de:Saarpfalz-Kreis s/Saarland de mun dist/de:Frauenfeld can/Thurgau c/Switzerland Declension toponym Derived terms de Homburger de Homburgerin de homburgisch Related terms de Bad Homburg de Hohenburg, de Hohenfels, de Hohenstein Proper noun surname de place names Related terms de Homberg, de Hombach de Hornburg, de Hohenburg, de Hohenstein Noun m,s,s Homburg men’s felt fedora de terms suffixed with -burg de Headwear