zerkreuzen

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German

Etymology

zer- +‎ kreuzen (to interbreed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtsɛɐ̯ˈkʁɔʏ̯tsən/, /tsɐ-/,
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  • Hyphenation: zer‧kreu‧zen

Verb

zerkreuzen (weak, third-person singular present zerkreuzt, past tense zerkreuzte, past participle zerkreuzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, proscribed, offensive) to contaminate a people; to ruin through interbreeding

Usage notes

  • The word is part of Nazi-era terminology, whose use in a German context today can be very problematic and offensive. The word zerkreuzen is little known, however.

Conjugation

References

  • Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 267