Dachau

[ dah-kou; German dah-khou ]

/ ˈdɑ kaʊ; German ˈdɑ xaʊ /

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noun

a city in SE Germany, near Munich: site of Nazi concentration camp.

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Words nearby Dachau

da capo, dacarbazine, Dacca, dace, dacha, Dachau, Daché, dachshund, Dacia, dacite, dack

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How to use Dachau in a sentence

On an unusually chilly August evening, the party is in full swing at a Bavarian beer garden in Dachau, southern Germany.
Annalena Baerbock Wants to Radically Change Germany. She'll Have to Win Voters' Trust First|Ciara Nugent / Dachau, Germany|September 14, 2021|Time
She also used his own unique strain of Dachau-bred apple, the Korbinian, to make her fruit juice.
A First Taste of Documenta|Blake Gopnik|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A German priest and activist, named Korbinian Aigner, bred apples while interned by the Nazis at Dachau, and drew them as well.
A First Taste of Documenta|Blake Gopnik|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Upon reaching the end of the line, Rob emptied his boxcar and placed 10 yellow pawns on the Dachau card.
Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer|Ben Crair|December 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST

We were only thirty miles from the concentration camp at Dachau, but we knew nothing about it at this time.
The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson
Most remarkable among all the remarkable costumes to be seen was that of an old woman from Dachau.
Glimpses of Three Coasts|Helen Hunt Jackson
All the women in Dachau must be as "thick" as that, she said; and "lovers must have long arms to reach round them!"
Glimpses of Three Coasts|Helen Hunt Jackson
Such jokes would have made them about as popular as the Borscht Circuit comedian who told a funny story about Dachau in 1946.
Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for Dachau

Dachau

/ (German ˈdaxau) /

noun

a town in S Germany, in Bavaria: site of a Nazi concentration camp. Pop: 39 474 (2003 est)

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Cultural definitions for Dachau

Dachau

[ (dah-kow, dah-khow) ]

A concentration camp established by the Nazis in southern Germany. (See Holocaust.)