Etymology

Judenstern

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Today it means: A yellow badge forced upon ordinary Jews (and many legally ‘Jewish’ people) in Western Axis states. Full definition →

First used 20th c.German Judenstern
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  1. German · borrowed fromJudenstern
  2. English todayJudenstern

Borrowed from German Judenstern, literally "Jew-star".

First known use, by meaning

  • 20th c. A yellow badge forced upon ordinary Jews (and many legally ‘Jewish’ people) in Western Axis states.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.