Home › Words › H › homburghomburg/ˈhɒmbəɡ/homburg means A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.homburg is pronounced /ˈhɒmbəɡ/.EtymologyFrom the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn.nameA town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.nounA type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby.e.g.“The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat.” — 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 35:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.homburged 75% match — Wearing a Homburg hat. vs homburg →trilby 68% match — narrow-brimmed type of felt hat, described as having a "shorter brim which is angled down at the front and slightly turned up at the back" in comparison to the fedora vs homburg →borsalino 65% match — A type of wide-brimmed felt hat. vs homburg →billycock 60% match — A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler. vs homburg →shtreimel 58% match — A fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions. vs homburg →trilbied 56% match — Wearing a trilby. vs homburg →cordebec 56% match — An old kind of felt hat, made from wool, down or hair, and mostly worn by boys. vs homburg →hattock 55% match — A small hat. vs homburg →