Colditz

English

Etymology

From German Colditz.

Proper noun

Colditz

1. A town in Saxony, Germany, famed for its castle and its former POW camp.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 19:

     All a bit Colditz, isn't it?

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔldɪt͡s/

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• Hyphenation: Col‧ditz

Proper noun

Colditz n (proper noun, genitive Colditz' or (with an article) Colditz)

1. Colditz (a town in Saxony, Germany)

Declension

Declension of Colditz [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Colditz
genitive	des	Colditz', Colditz1
dative	dem	Colditz
accusative	das	Colditz

¹With an article.

Derived terms

• Colditzer
  • Colditzerin