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German
Etymology
rein (“pure”) + rassig (“racial”), from Rasse (“race, breed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁaɪ̯nˌʁasɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌʁasɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: rein‧ras‧sig
Adjective
reinrassig (strong nominative masculine singular reinrassiger, not comparable)
- (zoology) purebred, pedigreed, thoroughbred
- (Nazism, historical) able to trace Aryan ancestry back at least four generations, according to the racial policy of Nazi Germany
Declension
Positive forms of reinrassig (uncomparable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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