Razzia

See also: razzia

German

Etymology

Mid-19th century, from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية (ḡazya), from Classical Arabic غَزْوة (ḡazwa, “military raid, foray”). Adopted with a spelling pronunciation, perhaps after Italian borrowings with -zz- like Skizze or Intermezzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈratsi̯a/, [ˈʁa.t͡sja], [ˈʁa.t͡si.a]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Raz‧zia

Noun

Razzia f (genitive Razzia, plural Razzien or (rare) Razzias)

1. police raid

   Synonyms: Durchsuchung, Fahndungsaktion, Hausdurchsuchung, Haussuchung, Polizeikontrolle

Declension

Declension of Razzia [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Razzia	die	Razzien, Razzias1
genitive	einer	der	Razzia	der	Razzien, Razzias1
dative	einer	der	Razzia	den	Razzien, Razzias1
accusative	eine	die	Razzia	die	Razzien, Razzias1

¹Rare.

Derived terms

• Drogenrazzia
• Großrazzia
• Polizeirazzia

Further reading

• “Razzia” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Razzia” in Duden online
• “Razzia” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Razzia on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de