Hindenburg

[ hin-duhn-burg; German hin-duhn-boork ]

noun

1. Paul von [pawl von, poul f, uh, n], Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
2. German name of Zabrze.

Hindenburg

¹

/ ˈhɪndənbʊrk /

noun

1. the German name for Zabrze

Hindenburg

²

/ ˈhɪndənˌbɜːɡ; ˈhɪndənbʊrk /

noun

1. HindenburgPaul von Beneckendorff und von18471934MGermanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state 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)

Example Sentences

Last year, Hindenburg Research, an activist short seller, accused the conglomerate of orchestrating “a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme.”

From New York Times

Hindenburg Research, a short seller that makes money by betting that stocks will drop, published these claims in a scathing report, which pummeled the prices of Mr. Adani’s stocks and bonds.

From New York Times

Most consequentially, Hitler used his relative majority in the Reichstag to gridlock and paralyze the legislative processes, forcing Hindenburg to rule the country by emergency decrees, essentially transforming the Weimar Republic into a constitutional dictatorship.

From Salon

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was part of a larger Allied offensive taking place all along the Western Front as German armies fell back to the Hindenburg Line—their last line of resistance.

From Literature

When the engines ignite, so does that cloud of hydrogen — like a space-age Hindenburg.

From New York Times