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German
Etymology
From Herr (“gentleman, lord, master”) + -en- + Rasse (“race”), from the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛʁənˌʁasə/
- Rhymes: -asə
- Hyphenation: Her‧ren‧ras‧se
Noun
Herrenrasse f (genitive Herrenrasse, plural Herrenrassen)
- (especially Nazism) master race, herrenvolk
- Synonym: Herrenvolk n
- 1893, Ludwig Stein in Bern, Friedrich Nietzsche's Weltanschauung und ihre Gefahren, p. 239, in: Deutsche Rundschau. Herausgegeben von Julius Rodenberg. Band LXXV. (April – Mai – Juni 1893.), p. 231ff.
Zwischen die Herrenrasse und Sclavenklasse schiebt sich nun nach Nietzsche im Lauf der Zeit eine priesterliche Aristokratie ein, [...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Herrenrasse
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