Wegener

Definition: Wegener

Wegener

Noun

1. German geophysicist who proposed the theory of continental drift (1880-1930).

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Wegener

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
WEGENER	English	Working Group of European Geo-scientists for the Establishment of a Network for Earth-Science Research	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Wegener

Synonym: Alfred Lothar Wegener (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: Working Group of European Geo-scientists for the Establishment of a Network for Earth-Science Research (geography).

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Crosswords: Wegener

English words defined with "Wegener": Alfred Lothar Wegener. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Wegener

Domain	Title
References	Wegener Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Wegener NV: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Idola fori et idola theatri : Festschrift aus Anlass der Emeritierung von Prof. Dr. phil. et Dr. med. Hermann Wegener (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Wegener

"Wegener" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 96.77% of the time. "Wegener" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	96.77%	30	63,341
Noun (singular)	3.23%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	31	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Wegener

The following table summarizes the usage of "Wegener" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Wegener	Last name	1,000	10,545
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Wegener

Country	Name	Country	Name
Netherlands	Wegener NV	USA	Wegener Corporation
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Wegener

Expression using "Wegener": Alfred Lothar Wegener. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Containing "Wegener": Alfred-wegener-institut.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wegener

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
wegener	94
alfred wegener	54
de granulomatosis wegener	23
de mal wegener	20
granulomatosis wegener	12
granulomatosis s wegener	7
disease wegener	6
communication wegener	5
albert picture wegener	5
oude pekela wegener	3
gerda wegener	3
eric wegener	3
de enfermedad wegener	3
van wegener ziekte	3
media wegener	3
bathgate wegener wolf	2
27s granulomatosis wegener	2
alfred biography wegener	2
emily wegener	2
auction wegener	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Wegener

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-n-r-w"
	-1 letter: renege.
	-2 letters: genre, green, newer, ngwee, renew.
	-3 letters: eger, erne, ewer, gene, gree, grew, ween, weer, were, wren.
	-4 letters: eng, ere, erg, ern, ewe, gee, gen, nee, new, ree, reg, wee, wen.
	-5 letters: en, er, ne, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-g-n-r-w"
	+4 letters: overweening, rereviewing, swingletree, wintergreen.
	+5 letters: freewheeling, swingletrees, wintergreens.
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