Rassenhygiene

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Coined by German physician Alfred Ploetz in 1895, equivalent to Rasse (“race”) +‎ Hygiene (“hygiene”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə]
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

Rassenhygiene f (genitive Rassenhygiene, no plural)

  1. (especially Nazism) eugenics
    Synonyms: Eugenik, Rassenpflege

Declension[edit]

Declension of Rassenhygiene [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Rassenhygiene
genitive einer der Rassenhygiene
dative einer der Rassenhygiene
accusative eine die Rassenhygiene

References[edit]

  • 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 325

Further reading[edit]

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