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Hindenburg

/ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/

Hindenburg proper noun: a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.

Proper noun

Hindenburg

  1. (historical) A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
  2. Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal in the First World War and second President of the Weimar Republic.

Words formed from Hindenburg

Questions about Hindenburg

What does Hindenburg mean?
Hindenburg means a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.
What part of speech is Hindenburg?
Hindenburg is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hindenburg?
Hindenburg is pronounced /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/.

Words near Hindenburg in the dictionary

  1. Hinde
  2. Hindee
  3. Hindemithian
  4. hindenbug
  5. hindenbugs
  6. Hindenburg
  7. Hindenburgian
  8. hinder
  9. Hinder Sea
  10. hinderable
  11. hinderance

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