"Kristallnacht" meaning in German

See Kristallnacht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt/ Audio: De-Kristallnacht.ogg Forms: Kristallnacht [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Kristallnacht [nominative, singular], Kristallnacht [genitive, singular], Kristallnacht [dative, singular], Kristallnacht [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From Kristall (“crystal”) + Nacht (“night”), alluding to the crystals of broken glass from the destroyed shop and synagogue windows. Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Kristall|Nacht|t1=crystal|t2=night}} Kristall (“crystal”) + Nacht (“night”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f.sg}} Kristallnacht f (genitive Kristallnacht, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.sg}}
  1. (historical, euphemistic, Nazism) Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews) Tags: Nazism, euphemistic, feminine, historical, no-plural Categories (topical): Historical events, History of Germany, Nazism Synonyms: Reichskristallnacht, Reichspogromnacht Related terms: Schicksalstag, Nacht der langen Messer
    Sense id: en-Kristallnacht-de-noun-wdS8RtVw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German euphemisms

Download JSON data for Kristallnacht meaning in German (3.1kB)

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "noc kryształowa",
            "cal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: noc kryształowa (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: noc kryształowa (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kristall",
        "3": "Nacht",
        "t1": "crystal",
        "t2": "night"
      },
      "expansion": "Kristall (“crystal”) + Nacht (“night”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Kristall (“crystal”) + Nacht (“night”), alluding to the crystals of broken glass from the destroyed shop and synagogue windows.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Kristallnacht f (genitive Kristallnacht, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Historical events",
          "orig": "de:Historical events",
          "parents": [
            "History",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "History of Germany",
          "orig": "de:History of Germany",
          "parents": [
            "Germany",
            "History of Europe",
            "Europe",
            "History",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Nazism",
          "orig": "de:Nazism",
          "parents": [
            "Fascism",
            "Ideologies",
            "White supremacist ideology",
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "Racism",
            "All topics",
            "Forms of discrimination",
            "Fundamental",
            "Discrimination"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kristallnacht-de-noun-wdS8RtVw",
      "links": [
        [
          "Kristallnacht",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, euphemistic, Nazism) Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Schicksalstag"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nacht der langen Messer"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Reichskristallnacht"
        },
        {
          "word": "Reichspogromnacht"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Nazism",
        "euphemistic",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kristallnacht.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/De-Kristallnacht.ogg/De-Kristallnacht.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/De-Kristallnacht.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kristallnacht"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "noc kryształowa",
            "cal": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: noc kryształowa (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: noc kryształowa (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kristall",
        "3": "Nacht",
        "t1": "crystal",
        "t2": "night"
      },
      "expansion": "Kristall (“crystal”) + Nacht (“night”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Kristall (“crystal”) + Nacht (“night”), alluding to the crystals of broken glass from the destroyed shop and synagogue windows.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kristallnacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Kristallnacht f (genitive Kristallnacht, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.sg"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Schicksalstag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nacht der langen Messer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German 3-syllable words",
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German euphemisms",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with historical senses",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "de:Historical events",
        "de:History of Germany",
        "de:Nazism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kristallnacht",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, euphemistic, Nazism) Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Reichskristallnacht"
        },
        {
          "word": "Reichspogromnacht"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Nazism",
        "euphemistic",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kristallnacht.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/De-Kristallnacht.ogg/De-Kristallnacht.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/De-Kristallnacht.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kristallnacht"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.