Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heisenberg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
heisen-berg
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

From German Heisenberg.

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Eisenberg

Questions

What does heisenberg mean?
A surname from German.
Where does heisenberg come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce heisenberg

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