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Heil Hitler
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English
Etymology
From en de Heil Hitler good health to Hitler.
Pronunciation
en /haɪl ˈhɪtlɚ/ GA
Interjection
en interjection Heil Hitler
Used as a reference to Hitler and Nazism; depending on context it can imply support for Nazi ideas or it can imply that the person one is talking to resembles a Nazi.
en 10 February 2008 w:Breaking Bad w:Vince Gilligan w:Adam Bernstein w:Bryan Cranston; w:Aaron Paul Breaking Bad season 1 1 ...And the Bag's in the River 3 Aaron Paul Jesse Pinkman: Yo kiss my pink ass man, I didn't ask for any of this! Alright, how am I supposed to live here now, huh?! My whole house smells like toe cheese and dry cleaning.Bryan Cranston Walter White: Because, you didn't follow my instructions!Aaron Paul Jesse Pinkman: Oh well Heil Hitler bitch!
Derived terms
mul HH initialism → mul 88, en 1488
Related terms
en Hail Mary heil Sieg Heil
en Nazism
German
Etymology
From de Heil Hitler, good health to Hitler 1, 1920s.
Pronunciation
de /haɪ̯l ˈhɪtlɐ/
de De-Heil Hitler.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Interjection
de interjection
de Nazism see usage notes hello; en Heil Hitler
Usage notes
The greeting is usually accompanied by the en Nazi salute.
de Heil Hitler became a salute of the Nazi Party in the 1920s. Later, it was made obligatory to all Germans in en Nazi Germany (the en Third Reich). After en World War II, the public use of any form of the Hitler salute was criminalized in Germany and Austria. In Germany, it is punishable by up to three years in prison (§ 86a Strafgesetzbuch StGB).
See also
de Hitlergruß
de Berg Heil (cp. de Bergheil n), de Ski Heil (de Skiheil)
de Heil Moskau, de Heil Stalin
de Petri Heil, de Weidmanns Heil (de Waidmanns Heil, de Weidmannsheil; cp. de Weidmannsheil n)
de Sieg Heil