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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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