Etymology

Judenhetze

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Today it means: Jew-baiting (the harassment, vilification or provocation of Jews, or incitement against them, for anti-Semitic reasons) Full definition →

German Judenhetze
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  1. German · borrowed fromJudenhetze
  2. English todayJudenhetze

Unadapted borrowing from German Judenhetze (literally “Jew-baiting”), from Jude (“Jew”) + Hetze (“baiting; agitating; rabble-rousing; witch-hunting”).

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