yellow badge

English

Noun

yellow badge (plural yellow badges)

1. (historical) 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.

Synonyms

• Jewish badge, yellow patch, yellow star

Translations

cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public

• Danish: jødestjerne c
• Dutch: Jodenster (nl) f (literally “Jew star”)
• Finnish: keltainen daavidintähti
• French: étoile jaune (fr) f (literally “yellow star”)
• German: Judenstern (de) m (literally “Jew star”)
• Hungarian: sárga csillag (literally “yellow star”)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: żółta gwiazda f
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} Estrela amarela f
• Russian: жёлтая звезда́ f (žóltaja zvezdá), ла́та (ru) f (láta)
• Spanish: insignia amarilla f, estrella amarilla f
• Ukrainian: жовта зірка f (žovta zirka), лата (uk) f (lata)