Auschwitz
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz
- A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
- A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
Translations[edit]
city in Poland
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concentration camp
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German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz n (proper noun, genitive Auschwitz' or (with an article) Auschwitz)
- Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
- the former World War II concentration camp located nearby
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz m inan (indeclinable)
- (historical) Auschwitz (concentration camp)
- Synonym: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Declension[edit]
Indeclinable
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Declension of Auschwitz
singular | |
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nominative | Auschwitz |
genitive | Auschwitzu |
dative | Auschwitzowi |
accusative | Auschwitz |
instrumental | Auschwitzem |
locative | Auschwitzu |
vocative | Auschwitzu |
Further reading[edit]
- Auschwitz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Auschwitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz f
- Auschwitz, Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland)
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz m
- Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz)
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Auschwitz m
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