Etymology

Ahnenerbe

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Today it means: A National Socialist German organization whose goal was to research the anthropological and cultural history of the Aryan race, and later to experiment and launch voyages with the intent of proving that prehistoric and mythological Nordic populations had once ruled the world. Full definition →

German Ahnenerbe
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  1. German · borrowed fromAhnenerbe
  2. English todayAhnenerbe

Borrowed from German Ahnenerbe, from Ahnen, plural of Ahn (“forefather”), + Erbe (“heritage”).

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