Hochburg

German

Etymology

From hoch and Burg

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hochburg f (genitive Hochburg, plural Hochburgen)

a fortress located on top of a hill or mountain.
stronghold (a place or region where a certain ideology, religion etc. is held by a great majority of the population or with great conviction)

Declension

Declension of Hochburg

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hochburg	die	Hochburgen
genitive	einer	der	Hochburg	der	Hochburgen
dative	einer	der	Hochburg	den	Hochburgen
accusative	eine	die	Hochburg	die	Hochburgen

Further reading

Hochburg in Duden online

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