# die Hochburg

die Hochburg is a German noun meaning “citadel”. Forms: der Hochburg, die Hochburgen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Hochburg
- Plural: die Hochburgen

## Meanings

1. fortress located on top of a hill or mountain
2. _figurative_ stronghold, heartland (a place or region where a certain ideology, religion etc. is held by a great majority of the population or with great conviction)
   - Parteihochburg
3. citadel
   - „Kolossi ist eine Hochburg ein paar Kilometer außerhalb der Stadt Limassol auf Zypern.“

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