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English

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Etymology

Ellipsis of Jewish holocaust.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

the Holocaust (usually uncountable, plural Holocausts)

  1. (historical, strictly) The systematic mass murder (genocide) of an estimated six million European Jews perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II.
    Synonym: Shoah
    • 2025 June 5, Grace Gilson, “Boulder’s ‘shocked and traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of losses and strengths”, in The Times of Israel‎[1]:
      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.
  2. (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).

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.[1]
  • 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

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

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: Holokos

Translations

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Verb

Holocaust (third-person singular simple present Holocausts, present participle Holocausting, simple past and past participle Holocausted)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of holocaust (“subject to a mass annihilation; destroy en masse”).

See also

References

  1. ^ Linenthal, Edward T. (15 October 2001), Preserving Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum, Columbia University Press, →ISBN

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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ho‧lo‧caust

Proper noun

Holocaust m

  1. Holocaust

Derived terms

German

Alternative forms

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.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Holocaust m (proper noun, strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts)

  1. (historical) the Holocaust
    • 2022 December 9, Andreas Fanizadeh, “Antisemitismus im Theater: Das geht an die Nieren”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[2], →ISSN:
      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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Holocaust [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Holocaust
genitive eines des Holocaust, Holocaustes, Holocausts
dative einem dem Holocaust, Holocauste1
accusative einen den Holocaust

1Now rare, see notes.

Noun

Holocaust m (strong, genitive Holocaust or Holocaustes or Holocausts, plural Holocausts)

  1. a holocaust
    • 1999, Barbara S. Brucker, Das Ganze, dessen Teile wir sind. Zu Tradition und Erfahrung des inneren Raumes bei Doris Lessing, Königshausen & Neumann, page 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2005, Maria Rührnschopf (geb. Friedrich), Glaubst du das? Ein Konfirmand fragt seine Großmutter, Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, page 23:
      Warum ließ er [= Gott] die Holocausts unseres Jahrhunderts zu?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2006, Holger Freiherr von Dobeneck, Das Sloterdijk-Alphabet. Kritisch-lexikalische Einführung in seinen Ideenkosmos. Zweite stark erweiterte Auflage., Königshausen & Neumann, page 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2007, Erhard Roy Wiehn, Bleibende Warnungen III - Gesammelte Vorworte, Vorträge und Artikel 2004-2007, Hartung-Gorre Verlag Konstanz, page 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."
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 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:
      Der amerikanische Holocaust, dem im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert Millionen von Indios zum Opfer fielen, wird ästhetisiert:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Holocaust [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Holocaust die Holocausts
genitive eines des Holocaust, Holocaustes, Holocausts der Holocausts
dative einem dem Holocaust, Holocauste1 den Holocausts
accusative einen den Holocaust die Holocausts

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ “Holocaust”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Max Mangold, Duden-Aussprachewörterbuch (Duden Band 6), sixth revised and updated edition (Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 2005; →ISBN, page 408
  3. ^ Duden: Universalwörterbuch, sixth edition, page 844
  4. ^ Duden: Großes Fremdwörterbuch, fourth edition, page 565

Further reading

  • “Holocaust” in Duden online
  • “Holocaust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Holocaust.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Holocaust m inan

  1. (historical) Holocaust (mass murder of Jews perpetrated by the Nazi Germany)
    Synonyms: Shoah, Szoa, Szoah

Declension

Declension of Holocaust
singular
nominative Holocaust
genitive Holocaustu
dative Holocaustowi
accusative Holocaust
instrumental Holocaustem
locative Holocauście
vocative Holocauście
noun

Further reading

  • Holocaust in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Holocaust in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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