Judenstern
Judenstern noun: a yellow badge forced upon ordinary Jews (and many legally ‘Jewish’ people) in Western Axis states.
Noun
Judenstern (plural Judensterns)
- A yellow badge forced upon ordinary Jews (and many legally ‘Jewish’ people) in Western Axis states.
- For the exiled black man who had to bear his skin — the symbol of rejection — like a "Judenstern," there could be no escape.1970, Barend van Dyk Van Niekerk, The African Image (Négritude) in the Work of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Balkema (A.A.), page 107
- A yellow Star of David—a Judenstern, as the Germans called it—with the word “Jude” embroidered in the center was on the left side of her coat just below her collar bone..2011 March 18, Ingrid U. Cowan, The Shadow of the Hakenkreuz, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 3
- Synonyms:
- yellow star
Synonyms of Judenstern
Forms of Judenstern
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Origin of Judenstern
Borrowed from German Judenstern, literally "Jew-star".
Questions about Judenstern
- What does Judenstern mean?
- Judenstern means a yellow badge forced upon ordinary Jews (and many legally ‘Jewish’ people) in Western Axis states.
- What part of speech is Judenstern?
- Judenstern is a noun.
- What is the plural of Judenstern?
- The plural of Judenstern is Judensterns.
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