English

Alternative forms

• mischling

Noun

Mischling ‎(plural Mischlings or Mischlinge)

1. (chiefly historical) In certain (especially Nazi) racial theories, someone of mixed race, especially one who is partly of Jewish descent.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 355:

     Dodo had been married to a drunken and adulterous wife-beater, Lionel Hickman by name, who had continued our mischling tradition by converting to Judaism in order to marry her, given her an all-around vile time, and then been run over by a tram during the blackout that accompanied the Nazi blitzkrieg.

Synonyms

• mixling

German

Etymology

From mischen ‎(“to mix”) +‎ -ling ‎(“-ling”). More at mix, -ling.

Noun

Mischling m ‎(genitive Mischlings, plural Mischlinge)

1. (biology) hybrid
2. (usually offensive) person of mixed race

Declension

English

Noun

mischling

1. Alternative letter-case form of Mischling