Zabrze

Zabrze

English

A street in Zabrze

Pronunciation

• enPR: zäbˈ zhā, zäbˈ zhāˌ
• IPA^(key): /ˈzɑːbʒeɪ/, /ˈzɑːbˌʒeɪ/
• Hyphenation: Zab‧rze

Proper noun

Zabrze

1. A city in Silesia, southern Poland.

Translations

city in Silesia, Poland

German: Zabrze (de); Hindenburg in Oberschlesien Silesian: Zobrze

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzapʃə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtsabɐtsə/ (illiterate or humorous variant)

Proper noun

Zabrze n (proper noun, strong, genitive Zabrzes)

1. Zabrze (city in Silesia, now Poland, formerly Prussia; called Zabrze during most of the Prussian era, but renamed to Hindenburg in 1915)

   Synonym: (archaic) Hindenburg

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzab.ʐɛ/

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• Rhymes: -abʐɛ
• Syllabification: Zab‧rze

Proper noun

Zabrze n

1. Zabrze (an industrial city in the Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland)

Declension

Declension of Zabrze

	singular
nominative	Zabrze
genitive	Zabrza
dative	Zabrzu
accusative	Zabrze
instrumental	Zabrzem
locative	Zabrzu
vocative	Zabrze

Derived terms

adjectives

• zabrski
• zabrzański

 

nouns

• zabrzanin
• zabrzanka

 

Further reading

• Zabrze in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Zabrze in Polish dictionaries at PWN