Auschwitz

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed 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.
    • 2025 May 5, “Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident”, in Associated Press‎:
      Portnoy said in posts on social media that in an initial conversation Sunday the customer took 100% responsibility for his actions with his friend and agreed to take a learning trip to Auschwitz in Poland.

Translations

German

Etymology

Phonetic adaptation of Polish Oświęcim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts/, ,
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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 Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
    Synonyms: Oswiecim, Oświęcim
  2. the World War II concentration camp located nearby

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim. Doublet of Oświęcim.

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

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

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

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