Warszawa

See also: warszawa, warszawą, and Warszawą

Danish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑˈsjaːva/, [vɑ̈ˈɕɛːvæ]

Proper noun

Warszawa ?

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

   Warszawa er hovedstaden i Polen.

   Warsaw is the capital of Poland.

Derived terms

• Warszawapagten c

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• Varsjava (historical, adapted spelling)
• Warschau (historical, from German)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑrˈʃɑːvɑ/, [vɑˈʂ(ː)ɑ̀ːvɑ̌]

Proper noun

Warszawa

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

Derived terms

• Warszawapakten m or f

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Varsjava (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Proper noun

Warszawa ?

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

Derived terms

• Warszawapakta f

Polish

Etymology

From earlier, medieval Warszewa or Warszowa, from Old Polish Warsz + -owa (adjectival suffix). Warsz is an Old Polish diminutive of the given name Wrocisław or Warcisław (cf. Wrocław).

Proper noun

Warszawa f

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)
   • 1854, Leon Potocki, Święcone, czyli Pałac Potockich w Warszawie:

     Arcybiskupowi przeznaczono rocznéj pensyi 140,000 franków, prócz pieniędzy na reprezentacyą; gdyż cesarz w udzielonych mu instrukcyach chciał, aby w Warszawie wielki dom prowadził.

     The archbishop was allowed a yearly pension of 140,000 franks, in addition to the money for representation; where as the emperor wanted, as in his conferred instructions, wanted him to lead a great house in Warsaw.

   • 1964, Adam Szczypiorski, Ćwierć wieku Warszawy, 1806-1830:

     Od daty 18 maja 1815 roku, kiedy traktat wiedeński powołał do życia Królestwo Polskie, rozpoczęła się dla Warszawy nowa epoka.

     From May 18, 1815, when the Treaty of Vienna brough the Polish Kingdom back to life, a new epoch for Warsaw begun.

   • 2008, Artur III Nadolski, Pani Chłodna (opowieść o warszawskiej ulicy):

     W takiej atmosferze rewolucyjnego września opuszczał na zawsze Warszawę i Ojczyznę Fryderyk Chopin.

     In this revolutionist atmosphere of September, Frederyk Chopin left Warsaw and his fatherland forever.

2. FSO Warszawa, a line of cars manufactured in Warsaw between 1951 and 1973
   • 2010, Aleksander Sowa, Legendy naszej motoryzacji:

     W 1958 roku Warszawę wyposażono już w dwuramienną kierownicę.

     In 1958 the warsaw was equipped with a two-armed steering wheel.

3. Warsaw (the capital city of the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)

Usage notes

• In the car sense, this word is spelled in lowercase when used as a metonym to refer to particular cars. See warszawa.

Declension

Declension of Warszawa

	singular
nominative	Warszawa
genitive	Warszawy
dative	Warszawie
accusative	Warszawę
instrumental	Warszawą
locative	Warszawie
vocative	Warszawo

Derived terms

adjective

• warszawski

 

nouns

• warszawiak
• warszawianin
• warszawianka
• warszawka

 

Further reading

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Varsjava (historical, adapted spelling)
• Warsau (historical, from German)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /varˈʂɑːˌva/, [va̠ɹˈʂɑ̂ːvâ̠]

Proper noun

Warszawa n (genitive Warszawas)

1. Warsaw (the capital city of Poland)

Derived terms

• Warszawapakten c