Olmütz
See also: Olmutz
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Olmütz, which see.
Proper noun
editOlmütz
- Obsolete form of Olomouc. (City in Moravia, now in the Czech Republic.)
- 1911, “Olmütz”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica[1], 11th edition, volume 20, page 91:
- Olmütz is said to occupy the site of a Roman fort founded in the imperial period, the original name of which, Mons Julii, has been gradually corrupted to the present form.
Translations
editcity in Moravia — see Olomouc
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German Olemutz, from Old Czech Olomuc. Compare modern Czech Olomouc.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editOlmütz n (proper noun, genitive Olmütz' or (with an article) Olmütz)
- Olomouc (a city in the Czech Republic)
- 1856, “Slaviček, Thaddäus”, in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich[2], 11th edition, volume 35, Wien: Universitäts-Buchdruckerei von L. C. Zamarski, page 132:
- Thaddäus Slaviček oder Slawiczek […] Die Studien machte er in Olmütz, und im Alter von 23 Jahren trat er 1742 in das Stift der regulirten Chorherren des h. Augustin zu Allerheiligen in Olmütz.
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Olmütz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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