Endlösung

German (Berlin)

/ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ/

noun
Definitions
  • (no plural) the planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews, the Holocaust
  • (dated) the final or definitive solution to a question or problem
  • (chemistry) the final solution: the solution reached after the last of several dissolutions of solute(s) in solvent(s)

Etymology

Compound from German Ende (end) + German Lösung (solution).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Lösung

Gloss

solution

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