Rassenhygiene
[ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə]
The verdict
“Rassenhygiene” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, die gemäß der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie notwendig waren, um vermeintlich genetisch festgelegte Eigenarten einer Volksgruppe (besonders der Arier) zu bewahren und d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rassenhygiene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rassenhygiene” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Rassenhygiene is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, die gemäß der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie notwendig waren, um vermeintlich genetisch festgelegte Eigenarten einer Volksgruppe (besonders der Arier) zu bewahren und d...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rassenhygiene, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rassenhygiene, spelled R-A-S-S-E-N-H-Y-G-I-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, die gemäß der nationalsozialistischen Ideologie notwendig waren, um vermeintlich genetisch festgelegte Eigenarten einer Volksgruppe (besonders der Arier) zu bewahren und die Mischung der Erbanlagen mit denen anderer Volksgruppen zu verhindern
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Rassenhygiene”
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- The one correct German spelling is R-A-S-S-E-N-H-Y-G-I-E-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.