Holocaust

See also holocaust

English

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Etymology

See holocaust.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɒləkɔːst/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɑləkɔst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈhɑləkɑst/

Proper noun

Holocaust

1. (historical, narrowly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of 6 million Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.
2. (historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of 11 million people, namely 6 million Jews and 5 million Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and others, perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

   For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Usage notes

• Whether the term "Holocaust" is a designation for the mass murder of 11 million people or only for the genocide of 6 million Jews is hotly contested.
• The genocide of the European Jews may be unambiguously referred to as the Shoah. The genocide of the Romani people has the specific designation Porajmos.
• For more information on the origin and early uses of the term holocaust, see the usage note about holocaust.

Synonyms

• (mass murder of 6 million Jews): Shoah

Hypernyms

• (mass murder of 6 million Jews): holocaust, genocide, mass murder
• (mass murder of 11 million people): holocaust, democide, mass murder

Coordinate terms

• (mass murder of 6 million Jews): Porajmos (the genocide of the Roma)

Translations

the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany

• Afrikaans: Sjoa (af)
• Azeri: Holokost (az), Yəhudi soyqırımı (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猶太人大屠 (cmn), 犹太人大屠杀 (cmn) (Yóutàirén dà-túshā)

• Dutch: jodenvervolging (nl) f
• Esperanto: holokaŭsto (eo)
• Finnish: juutalaisvaino (fi)
• French: Shoah (fr) f
• German: Holocaust (de) m, Judenmord (de) m, Judenvernichtung (de) f, officially: Massenmord an den europäischen Juden (de) m, Schoah (de) f, symbolically since Adorno: Auschwitz (de) n, euphemistic Nazi term: Endlösung (de) f

• Hebrew: השואה (he) (ha-šōʾāh) (definite), שואה (he) (šōʾāh) f (indefinite)
• Japanese: ユダヤ人大虐殺 (ja) (Yudayajin dai-gyakusatsu)
• Portuguese: holocausto (pt) m
• Russian: холокост (ru) (xolokóst) m, Холокост (ru) (Xolokóst) m, Шоа (ru) (Šoá) f (indeclinable)
• Turkish: (rare) Holokost (tr), Yahudi Soykırımı (tr)
• Yiddish: חורבן אייראפע (yi) (khurbn eyrope) m, common: חורבן (yi) (khurbn) m, sometimes also: האַלאָקאַוסט (yi) (halokaust) m

the mass murder of 11 million people by Nazi Germany

• Azeri: Holokost (az), Yəhudi soyqırımı (az)
• Esperanto: holokaŭsto (eo)
• German: Holocaust (de) m

• Portuguese: holocausto (pt) m
• Russian: холокост (ru) (xolokóst) m, Холокост (ru) (Xolokóst) m
• Turkish: (rare) Holokost (tr), Yahudi Soykırımı (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

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• Arabic: هولوكوست (ar) (húlukust) m
• Armenian: Հոլոքոստ (hy) (Holokʿost)
• Asturian: Holocaustu (ast) m
• Basque: Holokausto (eu)
• Belarusian: Галакост (be) (Halakóst) m
• Bengali: হলোকস্ট (bn)
• Breton: loskaberzh (br)
• Bulgarian: Холокост (bg) (Holokost) m
• Catalan: holocaust (ca) m
• Czech: holocaust (cs)
• Danish: Holocaust (da)
• Esperanto: Holokaŭsto (eo)
• Estonian: holokaust (et)
• Finnish: holokausti (fi)
• French: Holocauste (fr) m
• Galician: holocausto Nazi (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰოლოკოსტი (ka) (holokosti)
• Greek: Ολοκαύτωμα (el) (Olokáftoma)
• Hindi: यहूदी अग्निकांड (hi)
• Hungarian: holokauszt (hu)
• Icelandic: helförin (is)
• Indonesian: Holocaust (id)
• Interlingua: Holocausto (ia)
• Irish: Uileloscadh (ga) m
• Italian: olocausto (it) m

• Japanese: ホロコースト (ja) (Horokōsuto)
• Korean: 홀로코스트 (ko) (hollokoseuteu)
• Ladino: אולוקוסטו (Olokósto, olokósto) m
• Latvian: holokausts (lv)
• Lithuanian: holokaustas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Holocaust (lb)
• Macedonian: Холокауст (mk) (Holokaust) m
• Malay: Holokus (ms)
• Norwegian: holocaust (no)
• Persian: هولوکاست (fa)
• Polish: Holokaust (pl) m
• Portuguese: Holocausto (pt) m
• Quechua: Ulukawstu (qu)
• Romanian: Holocaust (ro)
• Scots: Holocaust
• Scottish Gaelic: Uile-losgadh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: холокауст (sh) m, holokaust (sh) m, Holokaust (sh) m
• Sicilian: olucaustu (scn) m
• Slovak: holokaust (sk) m
• Slovene: holokavst (sl) m
• Spanish: Holocausto (es) m
• Swedish: Förintelsen (sv)
• Thai: การล้างชาติพันธุ์โดยนาซี (th) (gaan láang châat pan doi naa see)
• Turkish: Nazi soykırımı (tr)
• Ukrainian: Голокост (uk) (Holokóst) m
• Vietnamese: Holocaust (vi)
• Welsh: yr Holocost (cy)

See also

• concentration camp
• ethnic cleansing
• final solution
• Meds Yeghern

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhoːloˌkaʊ̯st/, IPA: /ˌholoˈkaʊ̯st/
• (anglicised pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɔləˌkɔːst/

Proper noun

Holocaust m

1. (historical) the Holocaust