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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)
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  • Hyphenation: rein‧ras‧sig

Adjective edit

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

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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