Chemnitz

See also: Chemnitz'

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Chemnitz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmnɪts/

Proper noun

Chemnitz

1. An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

Synonyms

• Karl-Marx-Stadt (former name of Chemnitz in GDR times))

Translations

city in Saxony

• Afrikaans: Chemnitz
• Arabic: كيمنتس m (kīmnīs)
• Aragonese: Chemnitz m
• Armenian: Խեմնից (hy) (Xemnicʿ), Քեմնից (Kʿemnicʿ)
• Asturian: Chemnitz
• Azerbaijani: Xemnits, Kemnits
• Bashkir: Хемниц (Xemnits), Кемниц (Kemnits)
• Basque: Chemnitz
• Bavarian: Chemnitz
• Belarusian: Кемніц m (Kjemnic)
• Breton: Chemnitz
• Bulgarian: Кемниц m (Kemnic)
• Catalan: Chemnitz (ca)
• Cebuano: Chemnitz
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 开姆尼茨 (Kāimǔnící)

• Chuvash: Хемниц (Hemnits)
• Czech: Saská Kamenice f
• Danish: Chemnitz
• Esperanto: Chemnitz
• Estonian: Chemnitz
• French: Chemnitz (fr)
• Georgian: კემნიცი (ḳemnici)
• German: Chemnitz (de) n
• Greek: Κέμνιτς (el) (Kémnits)
• Hausa: Chemnitz
• Hebrew: קמניץ (Kemnitz)
• Icelandic: Chemnitz
• Ido: Chemnitz
• Indonesian: Chemnitz
• Interlingua: Chemnitz
• Irish: Chemnitz
• Italian: Chemnitz (it)
• Japanese: ケムニッツ (Kemunittsu)
• Kazakh: Хемниц (Xemnis)
• Korean: 켐니츠 (kemnicheu)
• Latin: Chemnicium
• Latvian: Hemnica f
• Lithuanian: Chemnicas m
• Ossetian: Хемниц (Xemnic), Кемниц (Kemnic)
• Persian: کمنیتس (Kamnīs)
• Polish: Kamienica Saska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Chemnitz f
• Russian: Хемниц (ru) m (Xemnic)
• Scottish Gaelic: Chemnitz
• Serbo-Croatian: Chemnitz
• Slovak: Kamenica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Kamjenica f

  Upper Sorbian: Kamjenica f

• Spanish: Chemnitz (es)
• Swahili: Chemnitz
• Tumbuka: Chemnitz
• Ukrainian: Хемніц m (Xemnic)
• Welsh: Chemnitz
• West Frisian: Chemnitz
• Yiddish: קעמניץ n (kemnits)

German

Etymology

Named after the eponymous river, which runs through the city. The river name is derived from Upper Sorbian Kamjenica, from kamjenica (“rock, cobblestone”), a diminutive of kamjeń.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmnɪt͡s/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Chem‧nitz

Proper noun

Chemnitz n (proper noun, genitive Chemnitz' or (with an article) Chemnitz)

1. Chemnitz (an independent city in Saxony, Germany)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chemnitz f

1. Chemnitz (a city in Saxony, Germany)

Spanish

Proper noun

Chemnitz ?

1. Chemnitz (a city in Saxony)