Rassenkunde
German, noun/ˈʁasənˌkʊndə/
Rassenkunde is spelled R-A-S-S-E-N-K-U-N-D-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rassenkunde is a German feminine noun meaning “racial anthropology, raciology, scientific racism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gebiet der Anthropologie, dessen Gegenstand die (vermeintlich) existierenden menschlichen Rassen, ethnischen…”.
What does Rassenkunde mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfeminineracial anthropology, raciology, scientific racism
Entgegen einem verbreiteten Irrglauben war Rassenkunde im Dritten Reich kein eigenständiges Schulfach, sondern wurde im Rahmen des Biologie- und Geschichtsunterrichts vermittelt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gebiet der Anthropologie, dessen Gegenstand die (vermeintlich) existierenden menschlichen Rassen, ethnischen Gruppen und ihre Entwicklung waren
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 Rassenkunde
- Rassenkunden nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rassenkunde?
- /ˈʁasənˌkʊndə/
- [ˈʁasn̩ˌkʊndə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rassenkunde in German?
Rassenkunde 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).