Meaning of yellow badge | Babel Free
Definitions
A cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public, especially in Nazi-controlled states during the 1930s and 1940s.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Judenstern
Suomi
keltainen daavidintähti
Français
étoile jaune
Magyar
sárga csillag
Nederlands
Jodenster
Examples
“He might make us, like the Jews, wear yellow badges […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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