Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

herrenvolk

/ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: her-ren-volk
IPA: /ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Herrenvolk

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/
British English: /ˈhɛɹənfəʊk/

Inflected Forms

herrenvolks (plural) herrenvolker (plural)

Derived Forms

herrenvolkism

Synonyms

master race

Questions

How do you pronounce herrenvolk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛɹənfoʊk/.
What does herrenvolk mean?: A master race, especially with reference to Nazi ideology.
Where does herrenvolk come from?: It is traced to German.

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