ethnisch

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtnɪʃ/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈeːtnɪʃ/ (equally common; partly hypercorrect)

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Adjective

ethnisch (not comparable)

1. ethnic (of an ethnic group or culture)

Usage notes

• The German word does not have the sense “foreign, exotic”, except possibly as a very rare anglicism. Instead use exotisch, ausländisch, international.

Further reading

• “ethnisch” in Duden online