Auschwitz

English

Etymology

From German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

Old Market Square in Oświęcim.
The main entrance to extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/, /ˈaʊʃ.wɪts/

Proper noun

Auschwitz

  1. A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
  2. A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

Translations

German

Etymology

Phonetic adaptation of Polish Oświęcim.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts/, [ˈʔaʊ̯ʃ.vɪt͡s], [ʔaʊ̯.ʃʋɪt͡s]
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

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

  1. (slightly dated) Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
    Synonyms: Oswiecim, Oświęcim
  2. the World War II concentration camp located nearby

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -awʂfit͡s
  • Syllabification: Au‧schwitz

Proper noun

Auschwitz m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz (concentration camp)

Declension

Indeclinable

or

Declension of Auschwitz
singular
nominative Auschwitz
genitive Auschwitzu
dative Auschwitzowi
accusative Auschwitz
instrumental Auschwitzem
locative Auschwitzu
vocative Auschwitzu

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Proper noun

Auschwitz

  1. Auschwitz, Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland)

Proper noun

Auschwitz

  1. Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz)

Spanish

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

  1. Auschwitz (a city in Poland)
  2. Auschwitz (concentration camp)
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