Blutrache

German

Etymology

From Blut (“blood”) +‎ Rache (“revenge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːtˌraxə/, [ˈbluːtˌʁaχə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Blutrache f (genitive Blutrache, plural Blutrachen)

1. blood vengeance (the act of taking revenge on behalf of a killed person)

Declension

Declension of Blutrache [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Blutrache	die	Blutrachen
genitive	einer	der	Blutrache	der	Blutrachen
dative	einer	der	Blutrache	den	Blutrachen
accusative	eine	die	Blutrache	die	Blutrachen

Derived terms

• Bluträcher

See also

• Blutfehde

Further reading

• “Blutrache”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Blutrache” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon