Sternschanze

== German == === Etymology === From Stern (“star”) +‎ Schanze (“redoubt”). The quarter in Hamburg is named after the 17th century military fortifications built to protect the city against the Danish. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Sternschanze f (genitive Sternschanze, plural Sternschanzen) (military, historical) A star-shaped redoubt. ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === die Sternschanze f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Sternschanze) a quarter in Altona borough, Hamburg, Germany Near-synonyms: Schanzenviertel, Schanze === Further reading === Hamburg-Sternschanze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Sternschanze” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.