Kristallnacht

German (Berlin)

noun
Definitions
  • (historical) the night of November 9–10, 1938, when a state-organized night of terror was staged against Jews in Germany and Austria

Etymology

Compound from German Kristall (crystal) + German Nacht (night).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Nacht

Gloss

night

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
🌃 🌉 🌙 🌛 🌜️ 🌝 🌠 💤

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms