Graz

See also: Appendix:Variations of "graz"

English

Etymology

From German Graz, from Proto-Slavic *gordьcь (“small castle”), diminutive of *gordъ (“fortification”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɑːts/
• Rhymes: -ɑːts

Proper noun

Graz

1. The capital of and largest city in the state of Styria, Austria, and the second-largest city in the country.

Translations

city

• Bulgarian: Грац (Grac)
• Czech: Štýrský Hradec (cs) m
• French: Graz (fr) m
• German: Graz (de) n
• Greek: Γκράτς (Gkráts)
• Hungarian: Grác (hu), Graz (hu)
• Italian: Graz
• Japanese: グラーツ (Gurātsu)
• Marathi: ग्राच (grāc)
• Polish: Graz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Graz f
• Romansch: Graz
• Russian: Грац (ru) m (Grac)
• Slovene: Grádec (sl) m
• Spanish: Graz (es)

References

• Graz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• GZAR

German

Alternative forms

• Gratz (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German Graz, from Proto-Slavic *gordьcь (“small castle”), a derivation from *gordъ (“fortification”). Compare Königgrätz (Czech Hradec Králové).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁaːts/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: Grads, Grats

Proper noun

Graz n (proper noun, strong, genitive Graz' or Grazens or (with an article) Graz)

1. Graz (a city, the state capital of Styria, Austria)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Graz
genitive	des	Graz', Graz1
dative	dem	Graz
accusative	das	Graz

¹With an article.

Polish

Graz

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Graz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrat͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: Graz

Proper noun

Graz m inan

1. Graz (a city, the state capital of Styria, Austria)

Declension

Declension of Graz

	singular
nominative	Graz
genitive	Grazu
dative	Grazowi
accusative	Graz
instrumental	Grazem
locative	Grazu
vocative	Grazu

Further reading

• Graz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Graz in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Graz f

1. Graz (a city, the state capital of Styria, Austria)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Graz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡrat͡s]

Proper noun

Graz m inan (genitive singular Grazu, declension pattern of stroj)

1. Graz (city)

Declension

Declension of Graz

	singulare tantum
nominative	Graz
genitive	Grazu
dative	Grazu
accusative	Graz
locative	Grazi
instrumental	Grazom

Further reading

• “Graz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Proper noun

Graz ?

1. Graz (city)