English

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Alternative forms

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  • Judenrein (sometimes; following English capitalisation rules)

Etymology

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Borrowed from German judenrein (cleansed of Jews, literally Jew clean).

Adjective

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judenrein (not comparable)

  1. (Nazism, euphemistic) "Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed).

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German

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Etymology

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From Juden (Jews) +‎ rein (pure, clean).

Adjective

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judenrein (strong nominative masculine singular judenreiner, comparative judenreiner, superlative am judenreinsten)

  1. (Nazism, euphemistic, of an area) "clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed)
    Synonym: judenfrei

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: Jodenrein (calque)
  • English: judenrein
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