Bollwerk
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- bulwark, rampart, stronghold, fortress, bastion
Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch bolwerk (bulwark, bastion).
Origin
Middle Dutch
bolwerk
Gloss
bulwark, bastion
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bole English
- boulevard English
- boulevardlike English
- bulwark English
- work English
- Boulevard German
- boulevard Dutch, Flemish
- boulevard French
- бульвар Russian
- boulevard Spanish, Castilian
- bulevar Spanish, Castilian
- bulevard Norwegian Bokmål
- bulevard Swedish
- bulevard Norwegian Nynorsk
- bulwerk Middle English
- búlbhard Irish
- bolværk Danish
- boulevard Danish
- bollevart Old French
- bulevar Serbo-Croatian
- bulevard Catalan, Valencian
- bulevard Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bollewerc Middle Dutch
- bolwerc Middle Dutch
- bolwerk Middle Dutch
- bulvar Turkish
- boulevard Norman
- bolewerc Middle High German
- bolevard Middle French
- boulevard Middle French
- bolwerk Middle Low German
- bulvar Crimean Tatar