Meanings
alternative Judenrein
- Nazismeuphemisticnot comparable"Clean of Jews", i.e. having no Jewish inhabitants (e.g. because they have been deported or killed).
Origin
- Germanjudenrein“cleansed of Jews”
- Englishjudenrein
Borrowed from German judenrein (“cleansed of Jews”, literally “Jew clean”).
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