Holocaust

holocaust English Etymology en Jewish holocaust. Pronunciation en /ˈhɒləkɔːst/ RP en /ˈhɔləkoːst/ SSB,AU en US en /ˈhoʊləkɔst/ /ˈhɑləkɔst/ non-cot-caught en /ˈhoʊləkɑst/ /ˈhɑləkɑst/ cot-caught en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Holocaust.wav US /ˈhoʊləkɑst/ en /ˈhɒləkoːst/ [ˈhɔ̟ləkoːst] NZ en /ˈhɔləkɔst/ Scotland Proper noun 1 - s en historical narrowly The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II. en Shoah en Grace Gilson Boulder’s ‘shocked and traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of losses and strengths w:The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/boulders-shocked-and-traumatized-jewish-community-takes-stock-of-losses-and-strengths/ 2025-06-05 Among Soloway’s congregants injured in the attack was Barbara Steinmetz, an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor who has become one of the most poignant symbols of the attack. https://web.archive.org/web/20260820021745/https://www.timesofisrael.com/boulders-shocked-and-traumatized-jewish-community-takes-stock-of-losses-and-strengths/ 20 August 2026 en historical broadly 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). en 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.Edward T. Linenthal Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum Columbia University Press 15 October 2001 0231124074 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 en Shoah the Nazi genocide Hypernyms genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany en holocaust, en genocide, en mass murder organized mass murder of people of any ethnicity en holocaust, en democide, en mass murder Hyponyms genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany en Shoah mass murder of homosexuals by Nazi Germany en Homocaust genocide of Roma by Nazi Germany en Porajmos the genocide of the Roma Derived terms en Hoaxocaust Hollowcause Holocash Holocaustesque Holocaustianity Holocaustish Holocough Holohoax Holycaust Lolocaust Descendants tpi Holokos Translations the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany Shoah Afrikaans: af Sjoa, af Volkslagting, af Uitwissing, af Jodeslagting, af Joodse Volksmoord, af Holocaust Arabic: ar الْهُولُوكُوسْت m, ar الْمَحْرَقَة الْيَهُودِيَّة f Aragonese: an Holocausto Armenian: hy Հոլոքոստ Asturian: ast Holocaustu m Azerbaijani: az Holokost, az Yəhudi soyqırımı Belarusian: be Халако́ст Bulgarian: bg Холокост Catalan: ca Holocaust m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 猶太人大屠殺 Yóutàirén dàtúshā Czech: cs holokaust, cs holocaust, cs šoa f Danish: da Holocaust, da jødeudryddelse c Dutch: nl Holocaust, nl Sjoa, nl jodenvervolging f Esperanto: eo Holokaŭsto, eo Ŝoaho Finnish: fi juutalaisvaino, fi holokausti French: fr Shoah f Galician: gl Holocausto m Georgian: ka ჰოლოკოსტი German: de Holocaust m, de Judenmord m, de Judenvernichtung f, official de Massenmord an den europäischen Juden m, de Schoah f, symbolic after Adorno de Auschwitz n, euphemistic Nazi term de Endlösung f Greek: el Ολοκαύτωμα n, el Σοά f Soá Hebrew: he השואה ha-sho'á definite, he שואה f sho'á indefinite Hindi: hi यहूदी नरसंहार m Hungarian: hu holokauszt, hu soa Icelandic: is Helförin Indonesian: id Holokaus, id Shoah Irish: ga Uileloscadh f an tUileloscadh Italian: it Olocausto, it Shoah Japanese: ja ホロコースト Horokōsuto, ja ユダヤ人大虐殺 Yudaya-jin dai-gyakusatsu Ladino: lad Olokosto, lad Shoa Latin: la Soa f Latvian: lv Holokausts, lv Šoā Lithuanian: lt Holokaustas, lt Šoa Norwegian: no Holocaust Polish: pl Holocaust m, pl Holokaust m, pl Zagłada Żydów f The annihilation of Jews official Portuguese: pt Holocausto m, pt Shoá Romanian: ro Holocaust n Russian: ru холоко́ст m, ru Холоко́ст m, ru Шоа́ f indeclinable Spanish: es Holocausto m Swedish: sv Förintelsen, sv Shoah Tok Pisin: tpi Bikpela Bagarap, tpi Holokos Turkish: rare tr Holokost, tr Yahudi Soykırımı Vietnamese: vi Holocaust Welsh: cy Holocost m yr Holocost Yiddish: yi חורבן אייראָפּע khurbn eyrope m, common yi חורבן khurbn m, sometimes also yi האַלאָקאַוסט m the mass murder of 11–14 million people by Nazi Germany Afrikaans: af Holocaust Arabic: ar الْهُولُوكُوسْت m Armenian: hy Հոլոքոստ Azerbaijani: az Holokost Catalan: ca Holocaust m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大屠殺 dàtúshā Czech: cs holokaust m, cs holocaust Danish: da Holocaust Esperanto: eo Holokaŭsto Finnish: fi holokausti Galician: gl Holocausto m Georgian: ka ჰოლოკოსტი German: de Holocaust m Greek: el Ολοκαύτωμα n Hungarian: hu holokauszt, hu vészkorszak Japanese: ja ホロコースト Horokōsuto Polish: pl Holocaust m, pl Holokaust m Portuguese: pt Holocausto m Russian: ru холоко́ст m, ru Холоко́ст m Spanish: es Holocausto m Turkish: rare tr Holokost Vietnamese: vi Holocaust Basque: eu Holokausto Belarusian: be Галако́ст m Bengali: bn হলোকস্ট Breton: br loskaberzh Bulgarian: bg Холокост m Esperanto: eo Holokaŭsto Estonian: et holokaust French: fr Holocauste m Galician: gl holocausto Nazi m Hindi: hi यहूदी अग्निकांड Icelandic: is helförin Indonesian: id Holocaust Interlingua: ia Holocausto Irish: ga Uileloscadh m Italian: it olocausto m Japanese: ja ホロコースト Horokōsuto Korean: ko 홀로코스트 Ladino: lad אולוקוסטו Olokósto, olokósto m Latvian: lv holokausts Lithuanian: lt holokaustas Luxembourgish: lb Holocaust Macedonian: mk Холокауст m Malay: ms Holokus Norwegian: no holocaust Persian: fa هولوکاست Quechua: qu Ulukawstu Romanian: ro Holocaust Scots: sco Holocaust Scottish Gaelic: gd Uile-losgadh m Serbo-Croatian: sh холокауст m, sh holokaust m, sh Holokaust m Sicilian: scn olucaustu m Slovak: sk holokaust m Slovene: sl holokavst m Swedish: sv Förintelsen Thai: th การล้างชาติพันธุ์โดยนาซี gaan láang châat pan doi naa see Turkish: tr Nazi soykırımı Ukrainian: uk Голоко́ст m Welsh: cy yr Holocost Verb en holocaust to subject to a mass annihilation; to destroy en masse. See also The Holocaust at Wikipedia: Nazi persecution of Porajmos Romanis (Porajmos), Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany Catholics, Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany Jehovah's Witnesses, Persecution of black people in Nazi Germany blacks, Nazi crimes against the Polish nation Poles, German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war Soviet prisoners-of-war, and Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust homosexuals en concentration camp en ethnic cleansing en final solution en Meds Yeghern References en Historical events Judaism Nazism Racism Genocide Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl en Holocaust, from nl fr holocauste, from nl la holocaustum, from the neuter of nl grc ὁλόκαυστος. Pronunciation nl /ˈɦoː.loːˌkɑu̯st/ /ˈɦɔ.loːˌkɑu̯st/ nl Nl-Holocaust.ogg nl Ho lo caust Proper noun m en Holocaust Derived terms nl Holocaustherdenking Holocaustmonument Holocaustontkenner Holocaustontkenning Holocaustoverlevende Related terms nl holocaust German Alternative forms de Holokaust rare Etymology de en Holocaust. Popularized through the American TV production Holocaust (miniseries) Holocaust (1978, first broadcast in Germany in January 1979), it was selected word of the year in Germany in December 1979.Holocaust 31 1945 Pronunciation de /ˈhoːloˌkaʊ̯st/,Max Mangold, Duden-Aussprachewörterbuch (Duden Band 6), sixth revised and updated edition (Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 2005; 9783411040667), page 408 de /ˌholoˈkaʊ̯st/ de /ˈhɔləˌkɔːst/ anglicised pronunciation Duden: Universalwörterbuch, sixth edition, page 844<<name:DUW>> !!! Duden: Großes Fremdwörterbuch, fourth edition, page 565<<name:DFW>> de De-Holocaust.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Holocaust2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,-:(e)s de historical the Holocaust de Andreas Fanizadeh Antisemitismus im Theater: Das geht an die Nieren Die Tageszeitung: taz 2022-12-09 https://taz.de/!5898617/ 0931-9085 Das Selbstanklagende, „dass man nichts lernt“ schreibt er den Überlebenden des Holocaust und den vertriebenen Juden aus den arabischen Staaten zu, die heute in Israel leben. Declension m,-:(e)s.sg Noun m,-:(e)s,s a holocaust de 1999 Barbara S. Brucker Das Ganze, dessen Teile wir sind. Zu Tradition und Erfahrung des inneren Raumes bei Doris Lessing Königshausen & Neumann 110 Denn, was im vorliegenden Fall als Science-Fiction und nuklearer Holocaust dargestellt wird, kann als Metapher für das moralisch durchseuchte Leben unserer Zivilisation verstanden werden. 2005, Maria Rührnschopf (geb. Friedrich), Glaubst du das? Ein Konfirmand fragt seine Großmutter, Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, page 23: de Warum ließ er [&equals; Gott] die Holocausts unseres Jahrhunderts zu? de 2006 Holger Freiherr von Dobeneck Das Sloterdijk-Alphabet. Kritisch-lexikalische Einführung in seinen Ideenkosmos. Zweite stark erweiterte Auflage. Königshausen & Neumann 16 In diesem Prozeß des post histoire gegen die eigene Vergangenheit macht Amerika mit seiner Sklaverei, seinem Indianerholocaust und seinem Ausbeutungskolonialismus wahrlich keine gute Figur. de 2007 Erhard Roy Wiehn Bleibende Warnungen III - Gesammelte Vorworte, Vorträge und Artikel 2004-2007 Hartung-Gorre Verlag Konstanz 192 Wohl zurecht fragt Mykola Rjabtschuk, warum "eine nationale Katastrophe wie der Holodomor (1932/33) - der Hungerholocaust - in der Ukraine für die Ukrainer nicht zu dem wurde, was für die Juden die Shoah oder für die Armenier das Massaker von 1915 geworden ist." 2011, Sylvia Tschörner, Das virtuelle Barock des Herrn P.C.: Der seidende Schuh von Paul Claudel, in: Göttliche, menschliche und teuflische Komödien. Europäische Welttheater-Entwürfe im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Albert Gier (ed.), University of Bamberg Press, page 171: de Der amerikanische Holocaust, dem im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert Millionen von Indios zum Opfer fielen, wird ästhetisiert: Declension m,-:(e)s,s Derived terms de atomarer Holocaust Babycaust Bombenholocaust Holocaustforschung Holocaust-Geschichte Holocaust-Industrie Holocaustleugnung Holocaustleugner Holocaustlüge Holocaustreligion Holocaust-Schwindel Holocaustüberlebender Hungerholocaust Roter Holocaust See also Appendix:GfdS words of the year#1979 References Further reading Polish pl: Alternative forms pl Holokaust Etymology pl :ubor en:Holocaust + 1 Pronunciation holokaust Holokaust,holocaust,holokaust Ho.lo.caust Proper noun m-in pl historical en Holocaust mass murder of Jews perpetrated by the Nazi Germany pl Shoah Szoa Szoah Declension s Related terms pl noun holocaust Further reading pl Death Historical events Nazism World War II