Herrenvolk

See also: herrenvolk

English

Noun

Herrenvolk (plural Herrenvolks or Herrenvolker)

1. Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk

German

Etymology

Herr (“gentleman, master, lord”) +‎ -en- +‎ Volk (“folk, people”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛʁənfɔlk/

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• Hyphenation: Her‧ren‧volk

Noun

Herrenvolk n (strong, genitive Herrenvolkes or Herrenvolks, plural Herrenvölker)

1. (especially Nazism) a master race, a herrenvolk

   Synonym: Herrenrasse f

2. (uncountable, obsolete, military) A class of general officers in the Prussian and German armies (c. 1870–1945).

Declension

Declension of Herrenvolk [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Herrenvolk	die	Herrenvölker
genitive	eines	des	Herrenvolkes, Herrenvolks	der	Herrenvölker
dative	einem	dem	Herrenvolk, Herrenvolke1	den	Herrenvölkern
accusative	ein	das	Herrenvolk	die	Herrenvölker

¹Now rare, see notes.