Homeoffice

See also: home office and Home Office

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English home office.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːˌmɔfɪs/, /ˈhoːmˌʔɔfɪs/, /ˈhɔʊ̯-/
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Noun

Homeoffice n (strong, genitive Homeoffices or Homeoffice, plural Homeoffices)

  1. (countable) home office (place at home for telecommuting)
    Synonyms: Heimbüro, Telearbeitsplatz
    • 2022 August 20, Sabine Seifert, “Venedig nach der Pandemie: Hoffen auf die digitalen Nomaden”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[2], →ISSN:
      Während des ersten strengen Lockdowns in Italien saß auch er zu Hause im Homeoffice und unterrichtete virtuell.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (uncountable, metonymic) (the practice of) telecommuting
    Synonyms: Heimarbeit, Telearbeit
    • 2022 July 20, Shoko Bethke, “Arbeiten bei Rekordhitze: Die Fenster besser geöffnet lassen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[3], →ISSN:
      Alle anderen, die keinen festen Telearbeitsplatz haben, sondern gelegentlich Homeoffice machen, sind selbst für den Schutz vor Hitze zuständig.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

The Duden prescribes that unadapted borrowings from English consisting of two nouns be written solid (Homeoffice) or, if it improves legibility, hyphenated (Home-Office). The spaced spelling (Home Office) is proscribed.[1]

Declension

Declension of Homeoffice [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Homeoffice die Homeoffices
genitive eines des Homeoffices, Homeoffice der Homeoffices
dative einem dem Homeoffice den Homeoffices
accusative ein das Homeoffice die Homeoffices

References

  1. ^ “Schreibung von Fremdwörtern aus dem Englischen [Spelling of loan words from English]”, in Duden‎[1] (in German), Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 20 January 2023

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