Holocaust

== English == === Etymology === Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒləkɔːst/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑləkɔst/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈhɑləkɑst/ === 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: 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). For quotations using this term, see Citations:Holocaust. ==== 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. 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:) Hoaxocaust, Holocash, Holohoax Holocaustianity Lolocaust ==== Descendants ==== Tok Pisin: Holokos ==== Translations ==== === 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/ Hyphenation: Ho‧lo‧caust === Proper noun === Holocaust m Holocaust ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== holocaust == German == === Alternative forms === Holokaust (rare) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhoːloˌkaʊ̯st/, IPA(key): /ˌholoˈkaʊ̯st/ (anglicised pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔləˌkɔːst/ === Proper noun === Holocaust m (proper noun, strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts) (historical) the Holocaust ==== Declension ==== === Noun === Holocaust m (strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts, plural Holocausts) a holocaust 2005, Maria Rührnschopf (geb. Friedrich), Glaubst du das? Ein Konfirmand fragt seine Großmutter, Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, page 23: 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: ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:GfdS words of the year#1979 === References === === Further reading === “Holocaust” in Duden online “Holocaust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Polish == === Alternative forms === Holokaust === 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: Shoah, Szoa, Szoah ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Holocaust in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN Holocaust in Polish dictionaries at PWN