Auschwitz

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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 concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

Translations

city in Poland

• Arabic: أوشفيتز m ('aushfitz)
• Armenian: Օսվենցիմ (Ōsvencʿim)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Osvětim (cs) m
• Esperanto: Osviecimo
• French: Auschwitz m, Oświęcim m
• German: Auschwitz (de) n, Oświęcim (de) n
• Greek: Οσβιέτσιμ n (Osviétsim)
• Hebrew: אושוויינצ׳ים f

• 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: آشویتس
• Polish: Oświęcim (pl) m
• Portuguese: Auschwitz f
• Russian: Освенцим m (Osvéncim)
• Spanish: Auschwitz m
• Thai: เอาสชวิทซ์ (ao-swí)

concentration camp

• Arabic: أوشفيتز m ('aushfitz)
• Armenian: Օսվենցիմ (Ōsvencʿim)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Auschwitz m, Osvětim (cs) m
• Esperanto: Aŭŝvico
• French: Auschwitz m
• German: Auschwitz (de) n

• Hebrew: אושוויץ m
• Japanese: アウシュヴィッツ (Aushuvittsu)
• Korean: 아우슈비츠 (Ausyubicheu)
• Persian: آشویتس
• Portuguese: Auschwitz m
• Russian: Освенцим m (Osvéncim), Аушвиц m (Áušvic)
• Spanish: Auschwitz m
• Thai: เอาสชวิทซ์ (ao-swí)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯ʃvɪts/

Proper noun

Auschwitz

1. Auschwitz; Oświęcim (place).
2. the concentration camp located near Auschwitz