Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lübeck

/lˈubˌɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: lubeck
IPA: /lˈubˌɛk/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.

Example Sentences

"Lübeck alone has lost 12,000 laboring jobs in the past 15 years, many in the shipbuilding industry."

Questions

How do you pronounce lübeck?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈubˌɛk/.
What does lübeck mean?: A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.

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