Judengasse

German

Alternative forms

• Jüdengasse (obsolete except in toponyms)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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 the presence of Jews.)

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

Related terms

• Judenstraße
• Judenviertel