Etymology

judenrein

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Today it means: "Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed). Full definition →

German judenrein
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  1. German · borrowed fromjudenrein“cleansed of Jews”
  2. English todayjudenrein

Borrowed from German judenrein (“cleansed of Jews”, literally “Jew clean”).

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