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

A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
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 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
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
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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯ʃvɪts/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Auschwitz

Auschwitz; Oświęcim (town)
the former concentration camp located near Auschwitz

Portuguese

Proper noun

Auschwitz f

Auschwitz; Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland)

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz)

Spanish

Proper noun

Auschwitz m

Auschwitz (city in Poland)
Auschwitz (concentration camp)

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