Polyglot Dictionary

Bollwerk

/ˈbɔlˌvɛʁk/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Bollwerke

Meaning

  1. bulwark

    • Die Burg war ein Bollwerk.

      The castle was a bulwark.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Wall

Close synonyms for a defensive structure — Bollwerk is a bulwark (also used figuratively, a bulwark against something); Wall is a rampart or earthen defensive wall.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

baluarte

baluarte is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bulwark."

Practice

1 What does Bollwerk mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Burg war ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bollwerk?

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