Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hindenburg

/ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: hin-den-burg
IPA: /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.

name

Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal in the First World War and second President of the Weimar Republic.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Derived Forms

Hindenbug Hindenburgian

Questions

How do you pronounce hindenburg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/.
What does hindenburg mean?: A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.

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