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English

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Etymology

Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

the Holocaust (usually uncountable, plural Holocausts)

  1. (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
  2. (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

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

Descendants

Translations

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Verb

Holocaust (third-person singular simple present Holocausts, present participle Holocausting, simple past and past participle Holocausted)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (subject to a mass annihilation; destroy en masse).

See also

References

  1. ^ see e.g. Edward T. Linenthal, Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum (Columbia University Press; 15 October 2001; →ISBN

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/
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  • Hyphenation: Ho‧lo‧caust

Proper noun

Holocaust m

  1. Holocaust

Derived terms

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

Proper noun

Holocaust m (proper noun, strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts)

  1. (historical) the Holocaust quotations ▼

Declension

Noun

Holocaust m (strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts, plural Holocausts)

  1. a holocaust quotations ▼

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Holocaust”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. 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
  3. ^ Duden: Universalwörterbuch, sixth edition, page 844
  4. ^ Duden: Großes Fremdwörterbuch, fourth edition, page 565

Further reading

  • Holocaust” in Duden online
  • Holocaust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Holocaust.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Holocaust m inan

  1. (historical) Holocaust (mass murder of Jews perpetrated by the Nazi Germany) synonyms ▲
    Synonyms: Shoah, Szoa, Szoah

Declension

Further reading

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