Judengasse

German

Alternative forms

  • Jüdengasse (obsolete outside toponyms)

Etymology

From Jude (“Jew”) +‎ -n- +‎ Gasse (“alley, lane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːdənˌɡasə/
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Noun

Judengasse f (genitive Judengasse, plural Judengassen)

  1. an alley, lane where mostly Jews lived; a ghetto (or part of it)

Usage notes

  • Lanes called Juden-/Jüdengasse/-straße often have their names from medieval times and do not necessarily indicate a Jewish neighbourhood in the more recent past. (An extreme example is the Jodenstraat in Maastricht (NL), which bears this name since at least the 13th century although there is no historical indication of a Jewish presence.)

Declension

Declension of Judengasse [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Judengasse die Judengassen
genitive einer der Judengasse der Judengassen
dative einer der Judengasse den Judengassen
accusative eine die Judengasse die Judengassen
  • Judenstraße
  • Judenviertel
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