hindenburg

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 and divides as hin-den-burg under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.