Synagoge

synagogue

noun zue-nah-GOH-geh Rare

Origin: from Greek synagoge via Latin

Usage Note

Synagoge is the Jewish house of worship and community assembly. Many German Synagogen were destroyed during the November pogroms of 1938; their memory and the rebuilt or new ones are central to Jewish life in Germany today.

Examples

"Am Freitagabend versammelten sich die Gemeindemitglieder in der Synagoge."

Natural Translation

On Friday evening the community members gathered in the synagogue.

Literal Translation

On Friday-evening gathered themselves the community-members in the synagogue.

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