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herrenvolk

Syllables: her·ren·volkUK/ˈhɛɹənfəʊk/US/ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/

herrenvolk noun: a master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.

Noun (1)

herrenvolk (plural herrenvolks or herrenvolker)

  1. A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
    • In their position halfway between the blacks and the white Herrenvolk, they are bound to be unstable, they are petty bourgeois to the core, all of them.1995 [1954], Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, page 59
    • The political system that was emerging has been aptly described as a 'Herrenvolk democracy', a formally democratic political system in which voting and office holding is limited to members of a dominant ethno-racial group.2003, George M. Fredrickson, The Historical Construction of Race and Citizenship in the United States^(https://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpAuxPages)/8A0AE7EACD11F278C1256DD6004860EA/$file/Fre...

Noun (2) capitalized: Herrenvolk

Herrenvolk (plural Herrenvolks or Herrenvolker)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk.

Forms of herrenvolk

pluralherrenvolks
pluralherrenvolker
alternative formHerrenvolk
pluralHerrenvolks
pluralHerrenvolker

Origin of herrenvolk

From German Herrenvolk, from Herr (“lord, master, gentleman”) + -en- + Volk (“folk, people”).

Words formed from herrenvolk

Questions about herrenvolk

What does herrenvolk mean?
Herrenvolk means a master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
What part of speech is herrenvolk?
Herrenvolk is a noun.
How do you pronounce herrenvolk?
Herrenvolk is pronounced /ˈhɛɹənfəʊk/ (UK).
What is the plural of herrenvolk?
The plural of herrenvolk is herrenvolks.

Words near herrenvolk in the dictionary

  1. Herrema
  2. Herremas
  3. Herren
  4. herrengrundite
  5. Herrens
  6. herrenvolk
  7. herrenvolker
  8. herrenvolkism
  9. herrenvolks
  10. Herrera
  11. herrerasaurid

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