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): /ˈaʊ̯ʃ.vɪts/, /ˈaʊ̯ʃ.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

city in Poland

• Arabic: أوشڤيينتشيم‎ f (ʾošviyentšīm), أوشفينتشيم‎ (ʾošvintšīm)
• Armenian: Օսվենցիմ (Ōsvencʿim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧斯威辛 (zh), 奥斯威辛 (zh) (Àosīwēixīn)

• Czech: Osvětim (cs) m
• Esperanto: Osviecimo
• French: Auschwitz (fr) m, Oświęcim (fr) m
• German: Auschwitz (de) n, Oświęcim (de) n
• Greek: Οσβιέτσιμ n (Osviétsim)
• Hebrew: אושוויץ‎ (áushvits), אושוויינצ׳ים‎ f (oshvéinchim)
• Japanese: アウシュヴィッツ (Aushuvittsu), アウシュビッツ (Aushubittsu), オシフィエンチム (Oshifienchimu)

• Korean: 아우슈비츠 (Ausyubicheu), 오시비엥침 (Osibiengchim)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} آشویتس‎ (âšvits)
• Polish: Oświęcim (pl) m
• Portuguese: Auschwitz f
• Russian: Осве́нцим (ru) m (Osvéncim)
• Silesian: Uośwjyńćim m pl
• Slovak: Osvienčim m
• Spanish: Auschwitz m
• Swedish: Auschwitz (sv)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} เอาสชวิทซ์ (ao-swí)
• Yiddish: אָשפּיצין‎ (oshpitsin), אוישוויץ‎ (oyshvits)

concentration camp

• Arabic: أوشڤيتس‎ f (ʾawšvits), أوشفيتز‎
• Armenian: Օսվենցիմ (Ōsvencʿim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧斯威辛 (zh), 奥斯威辛 (zh) (Àosīwēixīn)

• Czech: Auschwitz m, Osvětim (cs) m
• Esperanto: Aŭŝvico
• French: Auschwitz (fr) m
• German: Auschwitz (de) n
• Hebrew: אושוויץ‎ m
• Japanese: アウシュヴィッツ (Aushuvittsu)

• Korean: 아우슈비츠 (Ausyubicheu)
• Persian: آشویتس‎
• Polish: Auschwitz (pl) m, Auschwitz-Birkenau (pl) m
• Portuguese: Auschwitz m
• Russian: Осве́нцим (ru) m (Osvéncim), А́ушвиц m (Áušvic)
• Silesian: Uośwjyńćim m pl
• Spanish: Auschwitz m
• Swedish: Auschwitz (sv)
• Thai: เอาสชวิทซ์ (ao-swí)
• Yiddish: אוישוויץ‎ (oyshvits)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯ʃvɪts/

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
2. the former World War II concentration camp located nearby

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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) Auschwitz (concentration camp)

   Synonym: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Declension

Indeclinable

or

Declension of Auschwitz

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

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Auschwitz f

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

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

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