Rassenschande

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Rassenschande (literally “race shame”).

Proper noun

Rassenschande

1. (Nazism) miscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race and “inferior” races, particularly Jews.
   • 2010, Helene J. Sinnreich, “The Rape of Jewish Women during the Holocaust”, in Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust, Hanover and London: University Press of New England, page 116:

     In fact, some historians’ mistaken belief about the unwavering German implementation of both Rassenschande and their genocidal policy has caused them to turn a blind eye to numerous sources, German and Jewish, that testify to the realities of Jewish women’s experiences during the war.

German

Etymology

Rasse +‎ Schande

Pronunciation

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Noun

Rassenschande f (genitive Rassenschande, no plural)

1. (Nazism, obsolete) miscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race and “inferior” races, particularly Jews

   Synonym: Blutschande

Declension

Declension of Rassenschande [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Rassenschande
genitive	einer	der	Rassenschande
dative	einer	der	Rassenschande
accusative	eine	die	Rassenschande

Related terms

• Rasseschänder
• Rassenschänderin
• Rassenschändung

Further reading

• “Rassenschande” in Duden online
• “Rassenschande” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache