Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

birnbaum

/bˈɝnbaʊm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: birn-baum
IPA: /bˈɝnbaʊm/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Birnbaum, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Birnbaum

Inflected Forms

Birnbaums (plural) Berenbaum (alternative) Birenbaum (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce birnbaum?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɝnbaʊm/.
What does birnbaum mean?: A surname from German.
Where does birnbaum come from?: It is traced to German.

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