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 September 3, 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...
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Index DE-rassenhygiene · Rassenhygiene · German
Rassenhygiene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rassenhygiene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁasn̩hyˌɡi̯eːnə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rassenhygiene“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rassenhygiene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwangssterilisationen gehörten zur sogenannten Rassenhygiene der Nazis im Dritten Reich.“
„Viele Amerikaner hassten ihn nach dem Krieg, weil er seine fragwürdigen Ansichten über Nazi-Deutschland und Rassenhygiene stur und verbohrt verbreitet hatte.“
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.