Auschwitz-Birkenau

Polish

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s ˈbir.kɛ.naw/

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• Syllabification: Au‧schwitz-‧Bir‧ke‧nau

Proper noun

Auschwitz-Birkenau m inan (indeclinable)

1. (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz-Birkenau (the largest of the three subcamps of the Auschwitz concentration camp)

   Niemiecki obóz Auschwitz-Birkenau wyzwolono 27 stycznia 1945. ― The German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was liberated on January 27, 1945.

Further reading

• “Auschwitz-Birkenau”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Auschwitz-Birkenau in PWN's encyclopedia