Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mecklenburg

/mˈɛklənbɚɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: meck-len-burg
IPA: /mˈɛklənbɚɡ/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical region in Baltic northern Germany; part of the modern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Uncountable

name

A surname from German.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania."
"Men like Fritz Reuter (employing the Mecklenburg dialect) and Klaus Groth (employing the Holstein dialect) have tried to raise it [= New-Low-German, or Plattdeutsch] to a written language."

Etymology

From German Mecklenburg.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Mecklenburg

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mecklenburgs (plural)

Derived Forms

Mecklenburgian Mecklenburgish

Phrases

Bay of Mecklenburg Mecklenburg Bay Mecklenburg County Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

Questions

How do you pronounce mecklenburg?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛklənbɚɡ/.
What does mecklenburg mean?: A historical region in Baltic northern Germany; part of the modern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Where does mecklenburg come from?: It is traced to German.

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