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Hebenstreit

Hebenstreit proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Hebenstreit (plural Hebenstreits)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of Hebenstreit

pluralHebenstreits

Origin of Hebenstreit

Borrowed from German Hebenstreit, a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from heben (“to lift, raise”) + Streit (“quarrel, argument”).

Questions about Hebenstreit

What does Hebenstreit mean?
Hebenstreit means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Hebenstreit?
Hebenstreit is a proper noun.

Words near Hebenstreit in the dictionary

  1. Hebean
  2. Hebei
  3. heben
  4. hebene
  5. hebenon
  6. Hebenstreit
  7. Hebenstreits
  8. hebephile
  9. hebephiles
  10. hebephilia
  11. hebephiliac

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