aryan

• Adjektiv, das historisch in Linguistik und Ethnologie die indogermanische Sprachfamilie oder deren Sprecher bezeichnete; heute weitgehend veraltet und stark mit diskreditierten Rassetheorien, insbesondere dem Nationalsozialismus, verbunden.

An adjective historically used in linguistics and ethnology to refer to the Indo-European language family or its speakers; now largely obsolete and strongly associated with discredited racial ideologies, particularly Nazism.

1. Relating to a prehistoric peopleC1formalscientific

   Relating to or denoting a prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of many European and Asian languages.

   Sich auf ein prähistorisches Volk beziehend

   • The Aryan migration theory has been a subject of linguistic study.
   • Scholars debate the original homeland of the Aryan peoples.
   • The term Aryan was historically used to describe the Indo-European language family.

   Synonymeindo-european

2. Nazi racial ideologyC1formalpolitical

   A term used in Nazi ideology to describe a supposed 'master race' of Nordic or Caucasian descent, excluding Jewish people. This usage is now widely condemned as racist and pseudoscientific.

   Arisch (NS-Ideologie)

   • The Nazis perverted the term Aryan to justify their horrific racial policies.
   • The concept of an Aryan race has been thoroughly discredited by modern science.
   • Using the term Aryan in a racial context is associated with hate speech.

   Synonymegermanicnordicteutonic

• Substantiv, das einen Angehörigen eines vorgeschichtlichen, indogermanisch sprechenden Volkes bezeichnet oder nach der nationalsozialistischen Rassenlehre einen Menschen nordischer, europider Herkunft (Nichtjude).

A noun referring to a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-European, or, according to Nazi doctrine, a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew).

Eigenname

1. Historical linguistic groupC1formal

   A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of many European and Asian languages.

   Historische Sprachgruppe

   • Linguists study the migrations of the ancient Aryans.
   • The term Aryan was originally used to describe a language group.
   • Scholars debate the cultural practices of the early Aryan peoples.

   Synonymeindo-european

2. Nazi ideological termC1formal

   A term used in Nazi ideology to describe a supposed Caucasian race of Nordic descent, excluding Jews and other groups.

   Arier als Begriff der NS-Ideologie

   • The Nazis distorted the term Aryan to support their racist policies.
   • The concept of a pure Aryan race has been widely discredited.
   • Historical analysis shows the misuse of the term Aryan in propaganda.