Befestigungsanlage
German
Etymology
Befestigung (“fortification”) + -s- + Anlage (“complex”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈfɛstɪɡʊŋsˌ.anlaːɡə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧fes‧ti‧gungs‧an‧la‧ge
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- fortification, works to defend a place, fortress
- Synonyms: Festungsanlage, Festung, Befestigung
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Hypernyms
- Anlage (“facility”)
Hyponyms
- Wallanlage
Meronyms
- Befestigungsmauer
- Befestigungsgraben
- Kasematte
- Schanze
- Stadtmauer
- Pulverturm
- Toranlage
- Wallgraben
Related terms
- Befestigungsgürtel
- Stadtbefestigung
- Festungsstadt
- Verteidigungsanlage
- Anlagenbau
Further reading
- “Befestigungsanlage” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Befestigungsanlage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Befestigungsanlage” in Duden online
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