judenrein

English

Alternative forms

  • Judenrein (sometimes; following English capitalisation rules)

Etymology

Borrowed from German judenrein (cleansed of Jews, literally Jew clean).

Adjective

judenrein (not comparable)

  1. (Nazism, euphemistic) "Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed).

See also

German

Etymology

From Juden (Jews) + rein (pure, clean).

Adjective

judenrein (strong nominative masculine singular judenreiner, comparative judenreiner, superlative am judenreinsten)

  1. (Nazism, euphemistic, of an area) "clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed)
    Synonym: judenfrei

Declension

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