Holocaust
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Holocaust (usually uncountable, plural Holocausts)
- (historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
synonym ▲quotations ▼
- Synonym: Shoah
- (historical, loosely, less common) The systematic mass murder (democide) perpetrated by Nazi Germany of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people they considered subhuman, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities). quotations ▼
Usage notes
- Whether the term "Holocaust" is a designation for the mass murder of all groups systematically targeted by the Nazis, or only the genocide of six million Jews, is contested.[1]
- The genocide of the European Jews may be unambiguously referred to as the Shoah (though in English, that word is chiefly used by Jews). The genocide of the Romani people has the specific designation Porajmos.
Synonyms
- (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany): Shoah
- the Nazi genocide
Hypernyms
- (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany): holocaust, genocide, mass murder
- (organized mass murder of people of any ethnicity): holocaust, democide, mass murder
Hyponyms
- (genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany): Shoah
- (mass murder of homosexuals by Nazi Germany): Homocaust
- (genocide of Roma by Nazi Germany): Porajmos (the genocide of the Roma)
Derived terms
- (used by Holocaust deniers:)
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: Holokos
Translations
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Verb
Holocaust (third-person singular simple present Holocausts, present participle Holocausting, simple past and past participle Holocausted)
- Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (“subject to a mass annihilation; destroy en masse”).
See also
The Holocaust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- at Wikipedia: Nazi persecution of Romanis (Porajmos), Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, blacks, Poles, Soviet prisoners-of-war, and homosexuals
- concentration camp
- ethnic cleansing
- final solution
- Meds Yeghern
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English Holocaust, from French holocauste, from Latin holocaustum, from the neuter of Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦoː.loːˌkɑu̯st/, /ˈɦɔ.loːˌkɑu̯st/
Audio: Duration: 2 seconds. (file) - Hyphenation: Ho‧lo‧caust
Proper noun
Holocaust m
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Holocaust. Popularized through the American TV production Holocaust (1978, first broadcast in Germany in January 1979), it was selected word of the year in Germany in December 1979.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoːloˌkaʊ̯st/,[2] IPA(key): /ˌholoˈkaʊ̯st/[2]
- (anglicised pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔləˌkɔːst/[3][4]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): Duration: 3 seconds. (file) Audio (Germany (Berlin)): Duration: 2 seconds. (file)
Proper noun
Holocaust m (proper noun, strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts)
- (historical) the Holocaust quotations ▼
Declension
Noun
Holocaust m (strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts, plural Holocausts)
Declension
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See also
References
- ^ “Holocaust”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Max Mangold, Duden-Aussprachewörterbuch (Duden Band 6), sixth revised and updated edition (Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 2005; →ISBN, page 408
- ^ Duden: Universalwörterbuch, sixth edition, page 844
- ^ Duden: Großes Fremdwörterbuch, fourth edition, page 565
Further reading
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Holocaust.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɔˈlɔ.kawst/
- Rhymes: -ɔkawst
- Syllabification: Ho‧lo‧caust
- Homophones: Holokaust, holocaust, holokaust
Proper noun
Holocaust m inan
- (historical) Holocaust (mass murder of Jews perpetrated by the Nazi Germany) synonyms ▲
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