reinrassig
German edit
Etymology edit
rein (“pure”) + rassig (“racial”), from Rasse (“race, breed”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯nˌʁasɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌʁasɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rein‧ras‧sig
Adjective edit
reinrassig (strong nominative masculine singular reinrassiger, not comparable)
- (zoology) purebred, pedigreed, thoroughbred
- (Nazism, historical) able to trace Aryan ancestry back at least four generations, according to the racial policy of Nazi Germany
Declension edit
Positive forms of reinrassig (uncomparable)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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