reinrassig

German

Etymology

rein (pure) + rassig (racial), from Rasse (race, breed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯nˌʁasɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /-ˌʁasɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: rein‧ras‧sig

Adjective

reinrassig (strong nominative masculine singular reinrassiger, not comparable)

  1. (zoology) purebred, pedigreed, thoroughbred
  2. (Nazism, historical) able to trace Aryan ancestry back at least four generations, according to the racial policy of Nazi Germany

Declension

Synonyms

  • vollblütig

Derived terms

  • Reinrassigkeit

Further reading

  • reinrassig” in Duden online
  • reinrassig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dict.cc - reinrassig: The Deutsch-Englisch-Wörterbuch translates the term to purebred, pedigreed, and thoroughbred
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