Zwingburg

German

Etymology

zwingen +‎ Burg

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡svɪŋˌbʊʁk/
Hyphenation: Zwing‧burg

Noun

Zwingburg f (genitive Zwingburg, plural Zwingburgen)

stronghold built for the purpose of suppressing the local population

Declension

Declension of Zwingburg [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Zwingburg	die	Zwingburgen
genitive	einer	der	Zwingburg	der	Zwingburgen
dative	einer	der	Zwingburg	den	Zwingburgen
accusative	eine	die	Zwingburg	die	Zwingburgen

Further reading

“Zwingburg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Zwingburg” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Zwingburg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Zwingburg” in Duden online

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