Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purple triangle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: pur-ple -tri-an-gle
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Jehovah's Witness in Nazi Germany.

Example Sentences

"Survivor Max Liebster recalls that the SS there isolated the Witnesses and declared their barracks off limits to other prisoners. In Melk, Polish survivor Joseph Kempler says he saw ‘a camp within a camp’ and was told that the SS kept the ‘purple triangles’ in it, dangerous prisoners because they taught the Bible."
"I could tell it was a purple triangle coming down the camp street even before I saw the color of their triangle. They walked differently. The Jews and other prisoners shambled along, scuffling their feet, eyes downcast."

Etymology

From the symbol worn by Jehovah's Witnesses at Nazi concentration camps.

Inflected Forms

purple triangles (plural)

Phrases

pink triangle yellow star

Frequently Paired Words

pink triangle yellow star

Questions

What does purple triangle mean?: A Jehovah's Witness in Nazi Germany.
Where does purple triangle come from?: From the symbol worn by Jehovah's Witnesses at Nazi concentration camps.

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