Arisch

See also: arisch

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German arisch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ris/
  • Hyphenation: Arisch
  • Rhymes: -aːris

Adjective

Arisch (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, historical) Aryan; Indo-Aryan or Indo-Iranian
  2. (historical, otherwise offensive, white supremacy, see usage note) Aryan (pertaining to a supposed white subrace believed in by scientific racists)

Usage notes
  • The scientific racist sense relating to a supposed white subrace is strongly associated with fascism, in particular National Socialism, and is only considered inoffensive in descriptions of such beliefs, for instance in historical texts, or in certain kinds of facetious use. When used directly it is usually offensive.

Inflection
Inflection of Arisch
uninflected Arisch
inflected Arische
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial Arisch
indefinite m./f. sing. Arische
n. sing. Arisch
plural Arische
definite Arische
partitive Arisch

German

Etymology

From Arier +‎ -isch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaːʁɪʃ]

Proper noun

Arisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Arisch or Arischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Arische, alternative genitive Arischen, no plural)

  1. The Indo-Aryan language group
  2. The Indo-Aryan proto-language
  3. The Indo-Iranian language group
  4. The Indo-Iranian proto-language

Synonyms
  • (1-2) Indoarisch
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