Auschwitz-Birkenau
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.ʂfit͡s ˈbir.kɛ.naw/
Audio: (file) - Syllabification: Au‧schwitz-‧Bir‧ke‧nau
Proper noun
Auschwitz-Birkenau m inan (indeclinable)
- (historical, Nazism, World War II) Auschwitz-Birkenau (the largest of the three subcamps of the Auschwitz concentration camp)
Further reading
- Auschwitz-Birkenau in Polish dictionaries at PWN