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Auschwitz

Auschwitz

English

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: ^{(please verify)}أَوْشْفِيتْز m ‎(ʾawšfitz)
Armenian: Օսվենցիմ ‎(Ōsvencʿim)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧斯威辛 (zh), 奥斯威辛 (zh) ‎(Àosīwēixīn)
Czech: Osvětim (cs) m
Esperanto: Osviecimo
French: Auschwitz 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 m ‎(Osvéncim)
Silesian: Uośwjyńćim m pl
Slovak: Osvienčim m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)}Auschwitz m
Swedish: Auschwitz (sv)
Thai: ^{(please verify)}เอาสชวิทซ์ ‎(ao-swí)
Yiddish: אָשפּיצין ‎(oshpitsin), אוישוויץ ‎(oyshvits)

concentration camp

Arabic: أَوْشْفِيتْز m ‎(ʾawšfitz)
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 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 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/

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)