# final solution

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.
2. Any similar attempted or successful genocide.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see final, solution.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/final-solution