Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

final solution

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables
fi-nal -so-lu-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.

name

Alternative letter-case form of final solution (“attempted mass murder of the Jews by the Nazis”).

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Etymology

Calque of German Endlösung, which is short for Endlösung der Judenfrage (“Final Solution to the Jewish Question”)

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What does final solution mean?
The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.
Where does final solution come from?
Calque of German Endlösung, which is short for Endlösung der Judenfrage (“Final Solution to the Jewish Question”)

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