Vocabulary
der
Holocaust
/ˈhoːlokaʊ̯st/· noun· Pl. —
the Holocaust, the genocide of European Jews under National Socialism
Der Holocaust — the murder of about six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its helpers, also called die Shoah; 27 January, the day Auschwitz was liberated, is the international day of remembrance.
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- Singular
- der Holocaust
- Plural
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- Genitiv
- des Holocaust
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Holocaust
the Holocaust
Über 65.000 österreichische Jüdinnen und Juden wurden im Holocaust ermordet.
More than 65,000 Austrian Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.
Word family
Holocaustder/die Holocaust-ÜberlebendeHolocaust survivordas Holocaust-MahnmalHolocaust memorialdie HolocaustleugnungHolocaust denial
Common combinations
- die Opfer des Holocaustthe victims of the Holocaust
- den Holocaust leugnento deny the Holocaust
- die Erinnerung an den Holocaustremembrance of the Holocaust
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
die Shoah
Common learner mistakes
- die Holocaustder HolocaustHolocaust is masculine; the Hebrew term die Shoah is feminine.
Real examples
- Die Zeitzeugin hat den Holocaust als Kind in einem Versteck überlebt.The witness survived the Holocaust as a child in hiding.
- Wer den Holocaust leugnet, macht sich in Österreich und Deutschland strafbar.Anyone who denies the Holocaust commits a criminal offence in Austria and Germany.
- Am 27. Januar wird weltweit der Opfer des Holocaust gedacht.On 27 January the victims of the Holocaust are commemorated worldwide.
