Olmütz

See also: Olmutz

English

Alternative forms

• Olmutz

Etymology

Borrowed from German Olmütz, which see.

Proper noun

Olmütz

1. 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

city in Moravia — see Olomouc

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Olemutz, from Old Czech Olomuc. Compare modern Czech Olomouc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlmʏts/

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Proper noun

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

1. 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

• Olmützer
• olmützisch

Further reading

• “Olmütz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache