(), the feminine form of the

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...

adjective (), is a word which described an important part of the Nazi ideology.In modern German, the word is

taboo A taboo or tabu is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, sacred, or allowed only for certain persons.''Encyclopædia Britannica ...

due to this Nazi association. See Most often translated as degenerate or , the word is most often used in English to evoke

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

: * — degenerate art; * — degenerate music; * an infamous exhibition of art the Nazis deemed “degenerate”; or * Art looted by the Nazis during World War II. It may also be used in reference to things that preceded the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

concept of “degenerate art”: * the decadent movement, much of the art of which would be labeled by the Nazis * ''Degeneration'' () by Max Nordau (1892)

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