Auschwitz

English Etymology en de Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as pl Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near. thumb|Old Market Square in Oświęcim. thumb|The main entrance to extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Pronunciation en /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/ /ˈaʊʃ.wɪts/ /ˈaʊʃ.ə.vɪts/ /ˈɔːʃ.wɪts/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Auschwitz.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Auschwitz2.wav Southern England Proper noun Synonym of Oświęcim, en city c/Poland. A former German concentration and extermination camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust. en Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident w:Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/barstool-antisemitism-temple-university-philadelphia-auschwitz-72c7d507b4feb70e6fe0c8eed29b89b0 2025-05-05 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251210123848/https://apnews.com/article/barstool-antisemitism-temple-university-philadelphia-auschwitz-72c7d507b4feb70e6fe0c8eed29b89b0 10 December 2025 Derived terms en Alligator Auschwitz concentration camp Arabic: ar أوشڤيتس f ʔawšvits, ar أوشفيتز ʔawšvitz Armenian: hy Օսվենցիմ Bengali: bn অশউইৎজ ôśuitj Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧斯威辛 Àosīwēixīn Czech: cs Auschwitz m, cs Osvětim m Esperanto: eo Aŭŝvico French: fr Auschwitz m German: de Auschwitz n Greek: el Άουσβιτς n Haitian Creole: ht Ochwits Hebrew: he אושוויץ m Hindi: hi आउशवित्स m Japanese: ja アウシュヴィッツ Aushuvittsu Korean: ko ^아우슈비츠 Persian: fa آشویتس Polish: pl Auschwitz m, pl Auschwitz-Birkenau m Portuguese: pt Auschwitz m Russian: ru Осве́нцим m, ru А́ушвиц m Silesian: szl Uośwjyńćim m-p Spanish: es Auschwitz m Swedish: sv Auschwitz Thai: th เอาสชวิทซ์ ao-swí Yiddish: yi אוישוויץ en Nazism German Etymology Phonetic adaptation of de pl Oświęcim Oświęcim. de Since when and how is this attested? It's surely ultimatelty from (Old) Polish, but may be rather early. Pronunciation de /ˈaʊ̯ʃvɪts/ [ˈʔaʊ̯ʃ.vɪt͡s] [ʔaʊ̯.ʃʋɪt͡s] de De-Auschwitz.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de slightly dated de town voi/Lesser Poland Voivodeship c/Poland Oświęcim Auschwitz de Oswiecim Oświęcim the World War II concentration camp located nearby Polish pl: Etymology pl de Auschwitz, from pl pl Oświęcim. pl Oświęcim. Pronunciation auszwic Pl-Auschwitz.ogg Au.schwitz Proper noun m-in yes pl historical Nazism World War II en Auschwitz concentration camp Declension Indeclinable or Auschwitzu Auschwitzu s Derived terms pl Auschwitz-Birkenau Further reading pl Death Places Portuguese Proper noun pt town p/Lesser Poland c/Poland Auschwitz Oświęcim Proper noun en Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in the town of Auschwitz Spanish es: Pronunciation Áushvits + Proper noun m es city c/Poland Auschwitz en Auschwitz concentration camp