קאַצעט

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Yiddish[edit]

FWOTD – 28 April 2022

Etymology[edit]

From the pronunciation of German KZ. Compare Polish kacet.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

קאַצעט • (katset) m, plural קאַצעטן (katsetn)

  1. concentration camp
    • 2017 August 25, מאיר יעלין, “ערבֿ ראָש־השנה אין קאָוונער געטאָ [Rosh Hashanah Eve in the Kovno Ghetto]”, in Forverts‎[1]:
      ער האָט איבערגעלעבט די קאָוונער געטאָ, דעם קאַצעט דאַכאַו.
      er hot ibergelebt di kovner geto, dem katset dakhau.
      He survived the Kovno Ghetto [and] the concentration camp Dachau.

Derived terms[edit]

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