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die Festung

like die Flamme

Is it der, die or das Festung?

It's die Festung. Plural: die Festungen.

Meaning
fortress
Gender
feminine
Level
B1 · City
Riddle
In the app with Pro

Why it's die: -ung

Every noun ending in -ung is die. Most come from a verb: wohnen → die Wohnung. Festung follows the rule.

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Festung in other languages

Czech
pevnost
Slovak
pevnosť
Hungarian
erőd
Slovenian
trdnjava
Italian
fortezza
Croatian
tvrđava
Bosnian
utvrda
Serbian
utvrđenje
Romanian
fortăreață
Polish
twierdza
Ukrainian
фортеця
Turkish
kale
Arabic
حصن
Persian
دژ
Dari (Afghanistan)
قلعه
Pashto (Afghanistan)
کلا

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