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auschwitz

/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
auschwitz
IPA
/ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/
26
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.

name

A former German concentration and extermination camp in what is now Poland; used metonymically for Nazi evil, the Holocaust.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

Derived Forms

أوشڤيتس أوشفيتز Օսվենցիմ অশউইৎজ 奧斯威辛 奥斯威辛 Osvětim Aŭŝvico Άουσβιτς Ochwits אושוויץ आउशवित्स

Phrases

Alligator Auschwitz Auschwitz-Birkenau

Synonyms

Oświęcim A city in Poland

Questions

How do you pronounce auschwitz?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaʊʃ.vɪts/.
What does auschwitz mean?
Synonym of Oświęcim, A city in Poland.
Where does auschwitz come from?
Borrowed from German Auschwitz, the German name for the town known in Polish as Oświęcim, which the concentration camp was near.

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