Zwinger is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Zwinger meaning
A citadel or fortress, especially one that protects a city.
Using Zwinger
- The main meaning on this page is: A citadel or fortress, especially one that protects a city.
- In the example corpus, zwinger often appears in combinations such as: the zwinger, zwinger was.
Context around Zwinger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zwinger
- In this selection, "zwinger" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, work, leonhard, dresden, dresden, covers and presented stand out and add context to how "zwinger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1963 the zwinger had largely and after zwinger s father. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zwinger" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zwinger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By 1963 the Zwinger had largely been restored to its pre-war state. (13 words)
After Zwinger’s father’s death, Christina married the noted humanist Conrad Lycosthenes (Wolffhart). (14 words)
The Opernhaus am Zwinger presented opera from 1719 to 1756, when the Seven Years' War began. (16 words)
Admittedly the southwestern parts of the building of the baroque Dresden Zwinger including the Kronentor gate stand on parts of the outer curtain wall that are still visible today; but there is no longer any trace of the inner wall. (40 words)
Later the plans were changed to a smaller scale, and in 1847 1855 the area was closed by the construction of the gallery wing now separating the Zwinger from the Theatre Square. (32 words)
The area between the two walls was generally referred to as the Zwinger and, in the vicinity of the castle, was utilised by the royal court at Dresden for garden purposes. (31 words)
Example sentences (11)
Life and work Zwinger was the son of the furrier Leonhard Zwinger who had become Basel citizen in 1526.
Admittedly the southwestern parts of the building of the baroque Dresden Zwinger including the Kronentor gate stand on parts of the outer curtain wall that are still visible today; but there is no longer any trace of the inner wall.
After Zwinger’s father’s death, Christina married the noted humanist Conrad Lycosthenes (Wolffhart).
Baroque architecture was taken up with enthusiasm in central Germany (see, e.g., Ludwigsburg Palace and Zwinger, Dresden ), Austria and Russia (see, e.g., Peterhof ).
By 1963 the Zwinger had largely been restored to its pre-war state.
Current inner city location The Zwinger covers an area on the northwestern edge of the Innere Altstadt ("inner old town") that is part of the historic heart of Dresden.
Later the plans were changed to a smaller scale, and in 1847 1855 the area was closed by the construction of the gallery wing now separating the Zwinger from the Theatre Square.
The area between the two walls was generally referred to as the Zwinger and, in the vicinity of the castle, was utilised by the royal court at Dresden for garden purposes.
The Opernhaus am Zwinger presented opera from 1719 to 1756, when the Seven Years' War began.
The Zwinger was not enclosed until the Neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the Semper Gallery was built on its northern side.
This was no longer the case when work on the present-day Zwinger palace began in the early 18th century, nevertheless the name was transferred to the new building.
Common combinations with zwinger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: