hindenburg

1. 1.

   German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)

   SynonymsPaul von HindenburgPaul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg

   Broadergeneralfield marshalstatesman

Other forms of hindenburg

plural

hindenburgs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hindenburg

What does hindenburg mean?

hindenburg means "German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934)".

How many syllables are in hindenburg?

hindenburg has 3 syllables: hin-den-burg. The stress falls on "hin".

What is another word for hindenburg?

Close synonyms include Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hindenburg a common word?

hindenburg is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.