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): /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/, /ˈɔːʃ.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 (ʔošviyentšīm), أوشفينتشيم (ʔošvintšīm)
• Armenian: Օսվենցիմ (Ōsvencʻim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧斯威辛 / 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), Οσφιέντσιμ n (Osfiéntsim)
• 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 (ʔawšvits), أوشفيتز
• Armenian: Օսվենցիմ (Ōsvencʻim)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Auschwitz m, Osvětim (cs) m
• Esperanto: Aŭŝvico
• French: Auschwitz (fr) m
• German: Auschwitz (de) n
• Greek: Άουσβιτς (el) n (Áousvits)
• 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)

German

Etymology

Phonetic adaptation of Polish Oświęcim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts/, [ˈʔaʊ̯ʃ.vɪt͡s], [ʔaʊ̯.ʃʋɪt͡s]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

1. (slightly dated) Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

   Synonyms: Oswiecim, Oświęcim

2. the World War II concentration camp located nearby

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awʂfit͡s
• Syllabification: Au‧schwitz

Proper noun

Auschwitz m inan (indeclinable)

1. (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz (concentration camp)

Declension

Indeclinable

or

Declension of Auschwitz

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

Derived terms

• Auschwitz-Birkenau

 

Further reading

• Auschwitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Auschwitz

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

Proper noun

Auschwitz

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

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