Translation of "holocaust" into German

Holocaust, Massenvernichtung, Holokaustum are the top translations of "holocaust" into German.

holocaust noun grammar

The state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group. In particular (and often with an initial capital) the “Final Solution”, a euphemism used by the Nazis to describe the mass killing of Jews and others either in camps equipped with industrial gassing and crematorium equipment or by more conventional means. [..]

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  • Holocaust

    noun masculine

    annihilation of a group of animals or people [..]

    The story of the Holocaust is an infinitely dark stain on the history of the world.

    Die Geschichte des Holocaust ist ein unendlich dunkler Fleck in der Geschichte der Welt.

  • Massenvernichtung

    noun feminine

    state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group [..]

    We cannot allow this casual holocaust... to take place on our watch for one more year.

    Wir können nicht erlauben, dass diese alltägliche Massenvernichtung... für ein weiteres Jahr statt findet, während wir Verantwortung tragen.

  • Holokaustum

    noun neuter

    sacrifice to a god

  • Less frequent translations

    • Inferno
    • Massenmord
    • Auslöschung
    • Ausrottung
    • Ganzopfer
    • Gruppenmord
    • Holokauston
    • Massentötung
    • Vollbrandopfer
    • Ausmerzung
    • Brandopfer
    • völkermord
    • Schoah
    • holocaust
    • Völkermord

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Holocaust proper noun

The mass murder of Jews and other groups by the Nazi regime during World War II. [..]

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  • Holocaust

    proper masculine

    the mass murder of 11 million people by Nazi Germany [..]

    The story of the Holocaust is an infinitely dark stain on the history of the world.

    Die Geschichte des Holocaust ist ein unendlich dunkler Fleck in der Geschichte der Welt.

  • Judenvernichtung

    proper feminine

    the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany [..]

    Evidently these transgressions are related to the role Catholics played during the horrific Spanish Inquisition and the Nazi Holocaust.

    Ganz offensichtlich wird dabei auf die Rolle der Katholiken während der schrecklichen spanischen Inquisition und der nationalsozialistischen Judenvernichtung angespielt.

  • Auschwitz

    proper neuter

    the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany [..]

    Adornos reflections on the Holocaust take philosophical conceptual work to its limits.

    In der Reflexion auf Auschwitz führt Adorno die philosophische Begriffsarbeit an ihre Grenze.

  • Less frequent translations

    • Schoah
    • Endlösung
    • Judenmord
    • Massenmord an den europäischen Juden
    • Shoah

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