Dictionary

kapo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑːpəʊ/ (UK)
• /ˈkɑpəʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.

Meanings

1. (historical) A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor.
2. (ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar) A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites.

Forms

Hypernyms

race traitor

Synonyms

self-hating Jew

Translations (8)

hu kápó (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · de Kapo (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · pl kapo (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · fr kapo (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · ru капо́ (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · id kapo (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · he קאפו (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners) · yi קאַפּאָ (prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, supervising other prisoners)