Chemnitz

See also: Chemnitz'

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Chemnitz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmnɪts/

Proper noun

Chemnitz

1. An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

Synonyms

• Karl-Marx-Stadt (former name of Chemnitz in GDR times))

Translations

city in Saxony

• Afrikaans: Chemnitz
• Arabic: كيمنتس m (kīmnīs)
• Aragonese: Chemnitz m
• Armenian: Խեմնից (hy) (Xemnicʻ), Քեմնից (Kʻemnicʻ)
• Asturian: Chemnitz
• Azerbaijani: Xemnits, Kemnits
• Bashkir: Хемниц (Xemnits), Кемниц (Kemnits)
• Basque: Chemnitz
• Bavarian: Chemnitz
• Belarusian: Кемніц m (Kjemnic)
• Breton: Chemnitz
• Bulgarian: Кемниц m (Kemnic)
• Catalan: Chemnitz (ca)
• Cebuano: Chemnitz
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 开姆尼茨 (Kāimǔnící)

• Chuvash: Хемниц (Hemnits)
• Czech: Saská Kamenice f
• Danish: Chemnitz
• Esperanto: Chemnitz
• Estonian: Chemnitz
• French: Chemnitz (fr)
• Georgian: კემნიცი (ḳemnici)
• German: Chemnitz (de) n
• Greek: Κέμνιτς (el) (Kémnits)
• Hausa: Chemnitz
• Hebrew: קמניץ (Kemnitz)
• Icelandic: Chemnitz
• Ido: Chemnitz
• Indonesian: Chemnitz
• Interlingua: Chemnitz
• Irish: Chemnitz
• Italian: Chemnitz (it)
• Japanese: ケムニッツ (Kemunittsu)
• Kazakh: Хемниц (Xemnis)
• Korean: 켐니츠 (kemnicheu)
• Latin: Chemnicium
• Latvian: Hemnica f
• Lithuanian: Chemnicas m
• Marathi: केमनिच (kemnic)
• Ossetian: Хемниц (Xemnic), Кемниц (Kemnic)
• Persian: کمنیتس (Kamnīs)
• Polish: Kamienica Saska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Chemnitz f
• Russian: Хемниц (ru) m (Xemnic)
• Scottish Gaelic: Chemnitz
• Serbo-Croatian: Chemnitz
• Slovak: Kamenica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Kamjenica f

  Upper Sorbian: Kamjenica f

• Spanish: Chemnitz (es)
• Swahili: Chemnitz
• Tumbuka: Chemnitz
• Ukrainian: Хемніц m (Xemnic)
• Welsh: Chemnitz
• West Frisian: Chemnitz
• Yiddish: קעמניץ n (kemnits)

German

Etymology

Named after the eponymous river, which runs through the city. The river name is derived from Upper Sorbian Kamjenica, from kamjenica (“rock, cobblestone”), a diminutive of kamjeń.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛmnɪt͡s/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Chem‧nitz

Proper noun

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

1. Chemnitz (an independent city in Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Chemnitz [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Chemnitz
genitive	des	Chemnitz', Chemnitz1
dative	dem	Chemnitz
accusative	das	Chemnitz

¹With an article.

Derived terms

• Chemnitzer
  • Chemnitzerin

Related terms

• Kamenz, Kemnitz, Kemnath
• Wandlitz, Oelsnitz, Sebnitz

Proper noun

Chemnitz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Chemnitz' or (with an article) Chemnitz, feminine genitive Chemnitz, plural Chemnitz or Chemnitzes or Chemnitzens)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Chemnitz [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Chemnitz	(eine)	(die)	Chemnitz	(die)	Chemnitz, Chemnitzes, Chemnitzens
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Chemnitz', Chemnitz1	(einer)	(der)	Chemnitz	(der)	Chemnitz, Chemnitzes, Chemnitzens
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Chemnitz	(einer)	(der)	Chemnitz	(den)	Chemnitz, Chemnitzes, Chemnitzens
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Chemnitz	(eine)	(die)	Chemnitz	(die)	Chemnitz, Chemnitzes, Chemnitzens

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Kemnitz, Kemner, Kemna, Kemmerich
• Seydlitz, Nimitz, Wanderwitz, Zitzewitz

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chemnitz f

1. Chemnitz (a city in Saxony, Germany)

Spanish

Proper noun

Chemnitz ?

1. Chemnitz (a city in Saxony)