Dschihad

German

Alternative forms

Djihad, Jihad

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle; effort”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈhaːt/
Audio (file)

Noun

Dschihad m (strong, genitive Dschihad or Dschihads, no plural)

jihad (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Declension

Declension of Dschihad [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dschihad
genitive	eines	des	Dschihad, Dschihads
dative	einem	dem	Dschihad
accusative	einen	den	Dschihad

Derived terms

Related terms

Dschibuti
Mudschahid

Further reading

“Dschihad” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Dschihad” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Dschihad” in Duden online
Dschihad on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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