Olsztyn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Olsztyn, from German Allenstein.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒlʃtɪn/

Proper noun

Olsztyn

1. A city in northeastern Poland, the capital city of the Warmian-Masurian voivodeship.

Translations

city in northeastern Poland

• Arabic: أولشتين m (ʔawlštīn)
• Azerbaijani: Olştın
• Belarusian: О́льштын m (Ólʹštyn)
• Bulgarian: О́лщин m (Ólštin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奥尔什丁 (zh) (Àoěrshídīng)

• Czech: Olštýn m
• French: Olsztyn (fr) m
• German: Allenstein (de) n, Olsztyn (de) n
• Japanese: オルシュティン (Orushutin)
• Korean: 올슈틴 (olsyutin)
• Latin: Allenstenium n
• Latvian: Olština
• Lithuanian: Olštynas m
• Old Prussian: Alnāsteini
• Polish: Olsztyn (pl) m
• Russian: О́льштын m (Ólʹštyn)
• Silesian: Uolsztyn m
• Ukrainian: О́льштин m (Ólʹštyn)

Polish

Olsztyn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.ʂtɨn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlʂtɨn
• Syllabification: Ol‧sztyn

Proper noun

Olsztyn m inan (related adjective olsztyński)

1. Olsztyn (the capital city of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Olsztyn

	singular
nominative	Olsztyn
genitive	Olsztynu
dative	Olsztynowi
accusative	Olsztyn
instrumental	Olsztynem
locative	Olsztynie
vocative	Olsztynie

Derived terms

nouns

• olsztynianin
• olsztynianka

 

Further reading

• Olsztyn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Olsztyn in Polish dictionaries at PWN