d'Festung
[fˈæstuŋ]
the fortress
Taught in C1 · Literature and history
The writers every Luxembourger knows, the dates that made the country, and the narrative past tense of written texts.
Other words in this lesson
- Michel Rodange — author of "Renert" (1872)
- Dicks (Edmond de la Fontaine) — father of Luxembourgish theatre
- Michel Lentz — wrote "Ons Heemecht"
- 1839 — Treaty of London: the country takes its present borders
- 1867 — Second Treaty of London: neutrality, the fortress is dismantled
- 1890 — Luxembourg gets its own dynasty (Nassau-Weilburg)
- 1919 — universal suffrage; referendum keeps the monarchy
- 1940–1944 — German occupation; general strike in 1942
- 1952 — the European Coal and Steel Community settles in Luxembourg City
- 1984 — language law: Luxembourgish becomes the national language
- 1985 — the Schengen Agreement is signed at Schengen, on the Moselle
- d'Geschicht — history / story
- d'Literatur — literature
- de Roman — the novel
- d'Gedicht — the poem
- de Schrëftsteller / d'Schrëftstellerin — the writer (m / f)
- den Dichter — the poet
- d'Onofhängegkeet — independence
- d'Besatzung — the occupation
- de Krich — the war
- de Fridden — peace
- d'Iwwersetzung — the translation
- d'Satir — satire
- erzielen — to narrate