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(Englisch)

(declension-3, feminine) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
(declension-3, feminine, figuratively) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
(declension-3, feminine) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
(declension-3, feminine, metonymically) height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (since castles were often built on heights)

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard, hold, lock”). Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“I defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), arcera (“covered carriage for sick people”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō, “I ward off, fend off”), Persian ارگ (arg, “citadel”)