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German
Etymology
From Sanskrit आर्य (ārya, “noble”). More at Aryan.
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Noun
Arier m (strong, genitive Ariers, plural Arier, feminine Arierin)
- (ethnography, linguistics, dated) Indo-Iranian, Aryan (member of an eastern Indo-European subgroup)
- Synonym: Indoiranier (Indoiraner)
1853, “Die alt-arische grundlage des Nibelungenliedes”, in Zeitschrift für deutsche Mythologie und Sittenkunde, volume I, page 113:Die indischen Arier machen bereits den für die auffaßung unserer deutschen litteratur so wichtig gewordenen unterschied des volksepos und des kunstepos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1999, Reinhard Schmoeckel, Die Indoeuropäer – Aufbruch aus der Vorgeschichte, Bastei-Lübbe, page 44f.:In Wirklichkeit hatte der Begriff Arier aber überhaupt nichts mit den Menschenrassen zu tun [...], sondern ist eine in der Sprachwissenschaft gebräuchliche Bezeichnung für einen Teilzweig der indoeuropäischen Sprachfamilie. Die altindische und die altpersische Sprache sind so eng verwandt, daß man eine gemeinsame Herkunft annehmen muß. Diese uns unbekannte »Mutter-Sprache« [...] nennt man »arisch«.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension, archaic) Aryan (member of any Indo-European people or even the entire “Caucasian” race)
- Synonyms: Indogermane, Indoeuropäer, Europide, Kaukasier, Weißer
- (Nazism) Aryan (member of an alleged master race, in principle defined as non-Jewish Whites, but sometimes also excluding Slavs and others, based on political strategy rather than principle)
- (informal, humorous, possibly offensive) someone with light-coloured skin, hair and/or eyes, especially when also tall
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