Zabrze

English

A street in Zabrze

Pronunciation

• enPR: zäbˈzhā
• IPA^(key): /ˈzɑːbʒeɪ/
• Hyphenation: Zab‧rze

Proper noun

Zabrze

1. A city in Silesia, southern Poland.

Translations

city in Silesia, Poland

• German: Zabrze (de), (obsolete, 1915-45) Hindenburg in Oberschlesien
• Silesian: Zobrze

German

Etymology

From Polish Zabrze. Although the town was Prussian since 1742, the spelling of its name was never Germanized (as e.g. in Kattowitz or Schwientochlowitz). In 1915 it was renamed to Hindenburg, however, a name it held until 1945.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzap.ʃə/, /ˈzap.ʒə/
• IPA^(key): (illiterate or humorous) /ˈtsa.bɐ.tsə/

Proper noun

Zabrze n (proper noun, genitive Zabrzes or (optionally with an article) Zabrze)

1. A city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

   Synonym: (obsolete) Hindenburg

Polish

Zabrze

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.bʐɛ/

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• Rhymes: -abʐɛ
• Syllabification: Za‧brze

Proper noun

Zabrze n

1. Zabrze (a city in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Zabrze

	singular
nominative	Zabrze
genitive	Zabrza
dative	Zabrzu
accusative	Zabrze
instrumental	Zabrzem
locative	Zabrzu
vocative	Zabrze

Derived terms

adjectives

• zabrski
• zabrzański

 

nouns

• zabrzanin
• zabrzanka

 

Further reading

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