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Sonderbehandlung
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German
Etymology
From de sonder- special Behandlung treatment.
The Nazis used the word as code during the early stages of the Holocaust. By the time of the creation of the extermination camps it was already too widely understood and, as a codeword, replaced by terms such as de Evakuierung evacuation and de Durchschleusung channeling, passage.
Pronunciation
de /ˈzɔndɐbəˌhandlʊŋ/
de De-Sonderbehandlung.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
de literal special treatment
de Es darf hier keine Sonderbehandlung für Einzelne geben, sondern gleiches Recht für alle. There mustn't be any special treatment for individuals, but one law for all.
de historical Nazism euphemism extermination, killing, extrajudicial execution
Usage notes
The literal sense is widely used and per se unproblematic. However, it should definitely be avoided in any context that is somehow suggestive of Nazism or its victims.
Declension
f
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