 | English  | German | |
 | invulnerable {adj} [fortress] | 711 uneinnehmbar | |
| unassailable {adj} [fortress etc.] | 15 unbezwingbar | |
| Verbs |
| to conquer sth. [fears, one's passions; a fortress, a mountain] | 149 etw.Akk. bezwingen [Ängste, seine Leidenschaften; eine Festung, einen Berg] | |
| Nouns |
| archi. mil. castle [fortress] | 73 Festung {f} | |
| archi. turret [at an angle of a castle or fortress] | 14 Eckturm {m} | |
| hist. law [imprisonment in a fortress] | 12 Festungshaft {f} | |
| hist. jobs mil. [day worker esp. for earthworks during a fortress war] | Tagearbeiter {m} [bes. für das Ausführen von Erdarbeiten im Festungskrieg] | |
| archi. hist. [fortification, fortress, stronghold, castle, etc.] | Veste {f} [veraltet für: Feste] [heute nur in Verbindung mit Namen, z. B. Veste Coburg] | |
| hist. bretèche [brattice] [usually built over a gate in a medieval fortress] | Pechnase {f} [kleiner nach unten offener Vorbau an einer mitteralterlichen Festung (Gusserker, Wehrerker)] | |
| archi. mil. fortalice [fortress] | Feste {f} [veraltet] | |
| Ordensburg [fortress built by a crusading German military order] | Ordensburg {f} | |
| 2 Words |
| mil. to be garrisoned [(troops) stationed in a fortress or town] | einquartiert sein | |
| hist. mil. fortress warfare [also: fortress-warfare] | Festungskrieg {m} | |
| archi. hist. Montalembert tower [also: Montalembert's tower] [fortress construction] | Montalembert'scher Turm {m} [Festungsbau] | |
| archi. hist. Montalembert tower [also: Montalembert's tower] [fortress construction] | Montalembertscher Turm {m} [alt] [montalembertscher Turm] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| mus. F In a Fortress [also: On a Fortress] | Auf einer Burg [R. Schumann, Liederkreis, Op. 39] | |
| games F holdfast [castle, fortress, tower] | Burg {f} | |
