Hindenburg

[ hin-duh n-burg; German hin-duh n-boo rk ]

/ ˈhɪn dənˌbɜrg; German ˈhɪn dənˌbʊərk /

noun

Paul von

[pawl von; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn; German paʊl fən/, Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg,1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.

German name of Zabrze.

Example sentences from the Web for hindenburg

Haig's troops had captured a dozen villages and carried their new front within a thousand yards of the old Hindenburg Line.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII) |various
Hindenburg made a feint on his right, but pushed his real outflanking movement along the railway on his left.

A Short History of the Great War |A. F. Pollard
"Dropping in on Hindenburg" yields some unimportant but interesting by-products.

New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 |Various
Later, we found the furniture from this and other villages in the Hindenburg Line.

Life in a Tank |Richard Haigh

Our fellers'll make that big stiff Hindenburg look like a chicken hit with a brick!

The Brighton Boys in the Trenches |James R. Driscoll

British Dictionary definitions for hindenburg (1 of 2)

Hindenburg ¹

/ (ˈhɪndənbʊrk) /

noun

the German name for Zabrze

British Dictionary definitions for hindenburg (2 of 2)

Hindenburg ²

/ (ˈhɪndənˌbɜːɡ, German ˈhɪndənbʊrk) /

noun

Paul von Beneckendorff und von (paul fɔn ˈbɛnəkəndɔrf ʊnt fɔn). 1847–1934, German field marshal and statesman; president (1925–34). During World War I he directed German strategy together with Ludendorff (1916–18)

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