Hindenburg

English

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndənbʌɹɡ/, /ˈhɪndənbʊɹk/

Proper noun

Hindenburg

1. (aviation, 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.

Derived terms

• Hindenbug
• hindenbug

Translations

the German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship

• German: Hindenburg n
• Russian: Ги́нденбург (ru) m (Gíndɛnburg)

Further reading

• Hindenburg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia