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

Trouble for Ms Buch began in August when US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research accused her and her husband of holding investments in an offshore fund used by the Adani Group, implying it was why Sebi was dragging its feet on an investigation against Adani over allegations of accounting fraud and market manipulation.

From BBC

He called Alfred Hugenberg, a key political opponent, a “woof-woof,” and President Hindenburg a “gramophone record” who kept repeating himself.

From Salon

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

The Germans had pulled back to a heavily fortified position known to the British as the Hindenburg Line and to the Germans as the Siegfried Line.

From Literature