ghetto

Ghetto

Ein armes Stadtviertel, in dem oft Menschen einer bestimmten sozialen oder ethnischen Gruppe leben.

In einfachem Englisch: A poor part of a city, often home to a particular social or ethnic group.

• He grew up in a ghetto.
• The city invested in housing in the ghetto.
• Residents wanted better schools and jobs in their ghetto.

Synonyme: slum

Häufige Wendungen: urban ghetto, live in a ghetto, poor ghetto

Ghetto

Ein Stadtviertel, in dem jüdische Menschen gesetzlich leben mussten, besonders unter der Naziherrschaft.

In einfachem Englisch: A city area where Jewish people were forced by law to live, especially under Nazi rule.

• They were forced into a ghetto.
• Walls separated the ghetto from the rest of the city.
• The museum tells the stories of families imprisoned in the ghetto.

Häufige Wendungen: Jewish ghetto, Warsaw ghetto, walled ghetto

im Ghetto aufgewachsen

In einem armen Stadtviertel in den USA aufgewachsen.

In einfachem Englisch: Having grown up in a poor city area in the United States.

• He describes himself as a ghetto kid.
• Her ghetto upbringing shaped her view of the city.
• The novel follows a ghetto teenager through his first year at college.

Häufige Wendungen: ghetto kid, ghetto background, ghetto upbringing