Auschwitz
English edit
Etymology edit
From German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Auschwitz
- A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
- A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Translations edit
city in Poland
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concentration camp
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German edit
Etymology edit
Phonetic adaptation of Polish Oświęcim.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Auschwitz n (proper noun, genitive Auschwitz' or (with an article) Auschwitz)
- (slightly dated) Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
- the World War II concentration camp located nearby
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Auschwitz m inan (indeclinable)
- (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz (concentration camp)
Declension edit
Indeclinable
or
Declension of Auschwitz
singular | |
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nominative | Auschwitz |
genitive | Auschwitzu |
dative | Auschwitzowi |
accusative | Auschwitz |
instrumental | Auschwitzem |
locative | Auschwitzu |
vocative | Auschwitzu |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Auschwitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Auschwitz
- Auschwitz, Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland)
Proper noun edit
Auschwitz
- Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz)
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Auschwitz m