Magdeburg Syllabification: (Mag·de·burg)Pronunciation: /ˈmagdəbərg, ˈmägdəˌbo͝ork/Definition of Magdeburg an industrial city in Germany, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the Elbe River and linked to the Rhine and Ruhr rivers by the Mittelland Canal; population 229,800 (est. 2006). Magdeburg in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Magdeburg in the British & World English dictionary