Herrenvolk
German, noun/ˈhɛʁənfɔlk/
Herrenvolk is spelled H-E-R-R-E-N-V-O-L-K (10 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herrenvolk is a German neuter noun meaning “a master race, a herrenvolk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Volk, das in einer Kolonie über Eingeborene herrscht”.
What does Herrenvolk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera master race, a herrenvolk
- 2
neuterobsoleteA class of general officers in the Prussian and German armies (c. 1870–1945).
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Volk, das in einer Kolonie über Eingeborene herrscht
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 Herrenvolk
- Herrenvolkes genitive
- Herrenvolks genitive
- Herrenvölker plural
- Herrenvolke dative singular
- Herrenvölkern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herrenvolk?
- /ˈhɛʁənfɔlk/
- [ˈhɛʁənˌfɔlk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Herrenvolk in German?
Herrenvolk appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).