Auschwitz

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/, /ˈaʊʃ.wɪts/, /ˈaʊʃ.ə.vɪts/, /ˈɔːʃ.wɪts/ === Proper noun === Auschwitz Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland. A former German concentration camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === Phonetic adaptation of Polish Oświęcim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts/, [ˈʔaʊ̯ʃ.vɪt͡s], [ʔaʊ̯.ʃʋɪt͡s] === Proper noun === Auschwitz n (proper noun, genitive Auschwitz' or (with an article) Auschwitz) (slightly dated) Oświęcim, Auschwitz (a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland) Synonyms: Oswiecim, Oświęcim the World War II concentration camp located nearby == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz, from Polish Oświęcim. Doublet of Oświęcim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s/ Rhymes: -awʂfit͡s Syllabification: Au‧schwitz === Proper noun === Auschwitz m inan (indeclinable) (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz (concentration camp) ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable or ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Auschwitz in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Auschwitz ? Auschwitz, Oświęcim (a town in Lesser Poland, Poland) === Proper noun === Auschwitz ? Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈauʃbitθ/ [ˈau̯ʃ.β̞it̪θ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈauʃbits/ [ˈau̯ʃ.β̞it̪s] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -auʃbitθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -auʃbits (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: Ausch‧witz === Proper noun === Auschwitz m Auschwitz (a city in Poland) Auschwitz (concentration camp)