Blackfacing
German, noun/ˈblɛkˌfɛɪ̯sɪŋ/
Blackfacing is spelled B-L-A-C-K-F-A-C-I-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blackfacing is a German neuter noun meaning “blackface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Praxis der (häufig stereotypen) Darstellung dunkelhäutiger Menschen durch geschminkte hellhäutige Menschen”.
What does Blackfacing mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterblackface
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Praxis der (häufig stereotypen) Darstellung dunkelhäutiger Menschen durch geschminkte hellhäutige Menschen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Blackfacing
- Blackfacings genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blackfacing?
- /ˈblɛkˌfɛɪ̯sɪŋ/
- [ˈblɛkˌfɛɪ̯sɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blackfacing in German?
Blackfacing appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).