Rassenwahn
German, noun[ˈʁasn̩ˌvaːn]
Rassenwahn is spelled R-A-S-S-E-N-W-A-H-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rassenwahn is a German masculine noun meaning “obsessive belief in the superiority of some races over the others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “irrationale Vorstellung von der Überlegenheit der eigenen und der Unterlegenheit anderer Rassen”.
What does Rassenwahn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsessive belief in the superiority of some races over the others
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. irrationale Vorstellung von der Überlegenheit der eigenen und der Unterlegenheit anderer Rassen
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 Rassenwahn
- Rassenwahns genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rassenwahn?
- [ˈʁasn̩ˌvaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rassenwahn in German?
Rassenwahn appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).