reinrassig

German (Berlin)

/ˈʁaɪ̯nˌʁasɪç/, /-ˌʁasɪk/

adj
Definitions
  • (zoology) purebred, pedigreed, thoroughbred
  • (Nazism) able to trace Aryan ancestry back at least four generations (according to the policy of Nazi racial policy of Nazi Germany)

Etymology

Compound from German rein (pure, clean) + German rassig (racial).

Origin

German (Berlin)

rassig

Gloss

racial

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