Hochburg
German, noun/ˈhoːxˌbʊʁk/
Hochburg is spelled H-O-C-H-B-U-R-G (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hochburg is a German feminine noun meaning “fortress located on top of a hill or mountain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf einer Anhöhe gelegene Burg”.
What does Hochburg mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefortress located on top of a hill or mountain
- 2
femininestronghold, 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
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf einer Anhöhe gelegene Burg 2. Zentrum einer politischen, kulturellen oder religiösen Bewegung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hochburg
- Hochburgen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hochburg?
- /ˈhoːxˌbʊʁk/
- [ˈhoːxˌbʊʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hochburg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hochburg in German?
Hochburg appears 2.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).