Masculine

Holocaust

Meaning

Concepts

Synonyms

Massenvernichtung

Judenvernichtung

Shoah

Austilgung

Shoa

Gruppenmord

Exterminierung

Judenmord

Massenmord an den europäischen Juden

Translations

Ολοκαύτωμα

Yahudi Soykırımı

Holokost

holocaustum

εξολόθρευση

Frequency

21k
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

holocaust

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhoːloˌkaʊ̯st/
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.

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