Etymology

Kristallnacht

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Today it means: The night of November 9–10, 1938, when a state-organized night of terror was staged against Jews in Germany and Austria. Full definition →

German Kristallnacht
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromKristallnacht“night of broken glass”
  2. English todayKristallnacht

Unadapted borrowing from German Kristallnacht (“night of broken glass”, literally “crystal night”).

Words from the same roots

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Night of Broken Glass

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