warburg

Other forms of warburg

plural

warburgs·

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 warburg

What does warburg mean?

warburg means "German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in warburg?

warburg has 2 syllables: war-burg. The stress falls on "war". In IPA it is /ˈwɔɹbɚɡ/.

What is another word for warburg?

Close synonyms include Otto Heinrich Warburg, Aby Warburg, Aby Moritz Warburg. 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 warburg a common word?

warburg is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.