Rassenhygiene
German
Etymology
Coined by German physician Alfred Ploetz in 1895, equivalent to Rasse (“race”) + Hygiene (“hygiene”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə]
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Noun
Rassenhygiene f (genitive Rassenhygiene, no plural)
- (especially Nazism) eugenics
- Synonyms: Eugenik, Rassenpflege
Declension
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
- 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
- “Rassenhygiene” in Duden online
- “Rassenhygiene” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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