Kristallnacht
German, noun/kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt/
Kristallnacht is spelled K-R-I-S-T-A-L-L-N-A-C-H-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kristallnacht is a German feminine noun meaning “Kristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “beschönigend/euphemistisch: Pogrome gegen Juden in der Nacht vom 9. auf den 10. November 1938”.
What does Kristallnacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineKristallnacht (state-organized night of terror staged against Jews)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. beschönigend/euphemistisch: Pogrome gegen Juden in der Nacht vom 9. auf den 10. November 1938
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kristallnacht
- Kristallnächte plural rare
- Kristallnächten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kristallnacht?
- /kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt/
- [kʁɪsˈtalˌnaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kristallnacht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kristallnacht in German?
Kristallnacht appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).