Nazi

nazi nazí nazī naži English thumb|Several Nazis. Etymology en :bor de:Nazi 1 1930, from en de Nazi, a de Nationalsozialist National Socialist 1 1 (1924), earlier attestation (1903) as shortening of de national-sozial),, citing Friedrich Kluge, Elmar Seebold, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24. Auflage (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2002, 3-11-017473-1) since in German the nati- in de national /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/ is approximately pronounced Nazi [ˈnäːtsi]; compare the parallel pejorative terms de Sozi socialist, social democrat, de Kozi commie, commo, communist. A homonymic term de Nazi Ignaz was in use before the rise of the NSDAP in Bavaria as a pet name for de Ignaz and (by extension from that) a derogatory word for a backwards peasant, which may have influencedHenrik Gottlieb, Jens Erik Morgensen 2007 Dictionary Visions, Research and Practice: Selected Papers from the 12th International Symposium on Lexicography, Copenhagen 2004 illustrated Amsterdam J. Benjamins Pub. Co. 978-9027223340 247-249 https://books.google.com/books?id=UaggHAJ7jToC&pg=PA247 22 October 2014 the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.Anson Rabinbach, Sander Gilman 2013 The Third Reich Sourcebook Berkeley, California California University Press 9780520955141 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=XhDakMp55i0C&pg=PA4 Pronunciation en /ˈnɑːtsi/ /ˈnætsi/ /ˈnæzi/<a:historical> en Nazi US.ogg US long vowel en Nazi US (2).ogg US short vowel en Henry Hall - Japs and Nazis.ogg US,historical Japs and Nazis en ɑːtsi ætsi æzi 2 en Na zi Noun en historical A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). 1930 en Fascist en antifascist anti-Nazi en After World War II, many Nazis fled to South American countries like Argentina and Chile to escape prosecution. en August 25, 2025 0:00 Taiwan warns of Chinese invasion and chip industry domination w:Seven News https://web.archive.org/web/20250901094032/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTV7ZpkiE38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTV7ZpkiE38 September 01, 2025 Taiwan fears Xi Jinping has been inspired by Adolf Hitler's tactics, and is calling on our federal government to take action, warning a Chinese invasion would allow Beijing to rule the world by weaponising its computer chip industry. The Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister compared the sector to the Czech armaments which boosted the capability of the Nazis in World War II. en-GB Brendan Simms Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump? w:The Guardian 2026-01-16 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/nazi-theorist-vision-great-spaces-new-advocate-trump 0261-3077 Indeed, some have seen echoes of the work of the Nazis’ “crown jurist” and political theorist, Carl Schmitt, in the Trump administration’s domestic policies, particularly his doctrine of “the exception”, which can be used to suspend certain constitutional rights. https://web.archive.org/web/20260116054531/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/nazi-theorist-vision-great-spaces-new-advocate-trump en colloquial A person associated with Nazi Germany. en Our city was occupied by Nazis during World War II. en colloquial One who advocates neo-Nazism. en slang usually pejorative sometimes _ offensive see usage notes below One who imposes their views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. also frequently uncapitalised: nazi 1960s en She's a total grammar Nazi. Usage notes one who imposes their views on others Humorous and informal, sometimes considered to be offensive or in poor taste, albeit not necessarily offensive in many circumstances. Alternative forms en Natsi en notsee Hyponyms en beefsteak Nazi Derived terms en anti-Nazi communazi Japanazi masculinazi Nazicrat Nazidom Naziesque Nazification Nazify Naziland Nazilike NaZionism Nazionist Nazitru NazLib Ruzzia Ruzzian Nazi Party Nazi-like environazi feminazi femi-Nazi grammar Nazi muslimonazi nazi Nazi exploitation Naziphile Naziphilia Naziphobe Naziphobia Nazism Nazisploitation neo-Nazi Naziette play the Nazi card Ukronazi Zionazi Ashke-Nazi I did Nazi that coming Translations member of the Nazi party Albanian: sq nazist m Arabic: ar نَازِيّ m, ar نَازِيَّة f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܵܙܝܵܝܵܐ m, aii ܢܵܙܝܵܝܬܵܐ f Armenian: hy նացիստ, hy ֆաշիստ Azerbaijani: az nasist Belarusian: be нацы́ст m, be нацы́стка f, be на́цы m f Bengali: bn নাজি, bn নাৎসি natsi Bulgarian: bg наци́ст m, bg наци́стка f Burmese: my နာဇီ Catalan: ca nazi m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 納粹 nàcuì Czech: cs nacista m, cs nacistka f Danish: da nazist c Dutch: nl nazi m f Esperanto: eo nazio, eo naziino female Estonian: et natsist Finnish: fi natsi French: fr nazi m, fr nazie f, fr fasciste m f Gagauz: gag naţist, gag naţi, gag faşist Georgian: ka ნაცისტი, ka ფაშისტი German: de Nazi m, de Nationalsozialist m, de Nationalsozialistin f Greek: el ναζί m, el ναζιστής m, el ναζίστρια f Hebrew: he נָאצִי nátsi Hindi: hi नाज़ी m Hungarian: hu náci Hunsrik: hrx Nazi m Indonesian: id Nazi, id orang Nazi Irish: ga Naitsí Italian: it nazista m f Japanese: ja ナチス nachisu, ja ナチ nachi Kazakh: kk нацист Khmer: km ណាស៊ី Korean: ko 나치, ko 나치스 somewhat dated Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr nazî Kyrgyz: ky нацист Ladino: Latin: lad nazi m f Lao: lo ນາຊີ Latvian: lv nacists m Lithuanian: lt nacistas m Macedonian: mk наци́ст m, mk наци́стка f, mk фаши́ст m, mk фаши́стка f Malay: ms Nazi, ms orang Nazi Malayalam: ml നാസി Marathi: mr नाजी m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn нацист Norwegian: Bokmål: nb nazist m Nynorsk: nn nazist m Pashto: ps نازي m nāzī Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira نازی Polish: pl nazista m, pl nazistka f Portuguese: pt nazista m f, pt nazi m f Romanian: ro nazist m, ro nazistă f Russian: ru наци́ст m, ru наци́стка f, ru на́ци m f, ru фаши́ст m, ru фаши́стка f, ru на́цик m colloquial Scottish Gaelic: gd Nàsach m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh на̀цист m, sh нациста m, sh на̀цисткиња f Latin: sh nàcist m, sh nacista m, sh nàcistkinja f Slovak: sk nacista m, sk nacistka f Slovene: sl nacista m, sl nacistka f Spanish: es nazi m f Swedish: sv nazist c Tajik: tg натсист, tg нацист older spelling, tg нозист Tamil: ta நாட்சி Telugu: te నాజీ Thai: th นาซี Turkish: tr Nazi Ottoman Turkish: ota نازی nazi, ota فاشیست fašist Turkmen: tk nasist Ukrainian: uk наци́ст m, uk наци́стка f, uk на́ци m f Urdu: ur نازی m Uyghur: ug ناتسىست Uzbek: uz natsist Vietnamese: vi Quốc xã, vi đảng viên đảng Quốc xã Yiddish: yi נאַצי m, yi נאַציסט m one who imposes their views on others Chinese: Cantonese: yue 塔利班 Taliban Tamil: ta திணிப்பவர் c Adjective en historical Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism or neo-Nazis more generally. en anti-Nazi en fascist en colloquial Of or pertaining to the Third Reich and Nazi Germany. en There was Nazi soldiers all over the frontline. en German en United States Office of War Information Press Release Labor Press Service https://books.google.com/books?id=ay7oIjWN4dEC 1944 1 They have good reason to fear them too, for their machine gun strafing, their rockets, and their bombs knock out Nazi bridges, trucks, tanks, and kill them by the score. en Jeffry Diefendorf 5 In the Wake of War: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II https://books.google.com/books?id=nCPX9ZLlGzgC New York Oxford University Press, Inc. 1993 116 https://books.google.com/books?id=nCPX9ZLlGzgC&pg=PA116 0-19-507219-7 The second development was the program for the redesign (Neugestaltung) of several German cities as representative Nazi cities. en Richard Weintraub Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk &vert; For What It's Worth w:Pocono Record https://www.poconorecord.com/story/opinion/columns/2020/11/19/trumps-use-newspeak-explain-away-virus-puts-americans-risk-what-its-worth/3775331001/ 2020-11-19 It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301233649/https://www.poconorecord.com/story/opinion/columns/2020/11/19/trumps-use-newspeak-explain-away-virus-puts-americans-risk-what-its-worth/3775331001/ en by extension domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant. en fascist Translations pertaining to the Nazi Party or Nazism Albanian: sq nazist Arabic: ar نَازِيّ Armenian: hy նացիստական Belarusian: be нацы́сцкі Bulgarian: bg наци́стки Catalan: ca nazi Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 納粹 nàcuì Czech: cs nacistický Danish: da nazistisk Esperanto: eo nazia Finnish: fi natsi- French: fr nazi, fr naziste Georgian: ka ნაცისტური German: de Nazi Nazi-, de nazistisch Greek: el ναζιστικός m Hindi: hi नाज़ी Hunsrik: hrx nazisdisch Italian: it nazista Japanese: ja ナチ nachi no ナチの Korean: ko 나치 Lao: lo ນາຊີ Macedonian: mk нацистички Marathi: mr नाजी Norwegian: Bokmål: nb nazistisk Nynorsk: nn nazistisk Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira نازی Polish: pl nazistowski Portuguese: pt nazista Brazil, pt nazi Portugal Russian: ru наци́стский Scottish Gaelic: gd Nàsach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh нацѝстичкӣ Latin: sh nacìstičkī Slovak: sk nacistický Slovene: sl nacističen Spanish: es nazi Swedish: sv nazistisk Thai: th นาซี Ukrainian: uk наци́стський Urdu: ur نازی Yiddish: yi נאַציש Esperanto: eo nazia Proper noun The language (ideological jargon) of en Nazi Nazis. en 2008 Joseph P. Farrell Nazi International 1935487590 All this requires some very careful unpacking, for obviously, Dr. Bosse is “speaking Nazi with the Bormann dialect.” en 2014 Marius Turda; Aaron Gillette Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective 1472522109 123 He must write and speak “Nazi”, which is essentially anti-scientific' (Schreiber 1935a: 79). Falk Ruttke's presentation was illustrative in this sense. Ruttke was a member of the Reich Committee for Public Health Policy, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for Population and Racial Policy at the Reich Interior Ministry. Ruttke told the participants that after Hitler's accession to power, the 'knowledge of genetic laws was invoked towards the creation of a healthy race,...' en 2015 Tarik Cyril Amar The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv: A Borderland City 1501700847 What is pertinent is that it was possible to effectively speak Nazi to Nazis and then become an “innocent nationalist” during the Cold War. Kubiiovych's truth, if any, was that he mastered both. Pragmatism and brutality thus meshed seamlessly. For Kubiiovych, developing the Ukrainian cooperative system under Germans would not only strengthen the Ukrainian economy but also protect Ukrainian peasants from Jewish exploitation. en derogatory offensive rare The en German language. 1941 October 19, FFF advertisement in The New York Times (as quoted in 2004, Martin J. Manning, Herbert Romerstein, Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda (0313296057), page 104): In Hitler's Own Words: Shut up, Yank — learn to speak NAZI! en 2013 Jennifer Lane On Best Behavior He pushed aside his ponytailed minion and stepped right up to Tank, who gave him a perplexed look as he barked a few words in guttural German. “I don't speak Nazi,” Tank said. en 2016 Jessica Holbrook The Perfect Descent 158 “This is all sounding very pretty, Shaw,” Spencer checks his watch. “But how about you share what's being said for the rest of us who don't speak Nazi.” See also en Aryan fascist genocide holocaust international socialist National Socialist NSDAP white supremacist References Anagrams en ainz Zain azin zain zina en Criminals Nazism People Alemannic German Etymology 1 gsw Iganz Alternative forms gsw Gnazi Proper noun gsw proper noun m gsw uncommon _ after the mid-1900s gsw male Ignaz Latin gsw 1816 Johann Georg Daniel Arnold Der Pfingstmontag: Lustspiel in Straßburger Mundart Der Bossel vom Fischkal, der Nazi, het mer's gstekt, / Un noch zwai Beddelvögt. Further reading Ernst Martin, Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten (1907) (online) Etymology 2 gsw Nazi Noun gsw noun m plural Nazis Nazi gsw Ideologies People Bavarian Etymology 1 bar Ignaz Alternative forms bar Nazl Proper noun bar proper noun m bar uncommon _ after the mid-1900s bar male Ignaz Latin c. 1800Johann Andreas Schmeller, Bayerisches Wörterbuch t. 1 (1827), p. 39. 1808 "und da bin ich auch mit gwallfahr't und nachher ist unser Nazi g'sund word'n." (August Hoch, Schiller's Todtenfeier, p. 22) Etymology 2 bar Nazi Noun bar noun a en Nazi References German Pronunciation de /ˈnaːtsi/ de De-Nazi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 de Nazi de Nationalsozialist :influence Sozi 1 1924, representing the pronunciation of Nati- in de Nationalsozialist National Socialist, influenced by de Sozi socialist, as pejorative possibly also influenced by Nazi, a Bavarian hypocorism of Ignatius. Noun m,,(s) a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist 1924 a general, extremely strong insult, chiefly of someone right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic de used in compounds an expression of strong contempt for someone or something right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic, as in Nazischwein, Nazipropaganda, etc. Declension m,,(s) Synonyms de Braunhemd Nationalsozialist Nazist Hitlerfaschist Derived terms de Altnazi Alt-Nazi Antinazi Anti-Nazi Kontranazi naziähnlich nazi-ähnlich Naziaufmarsch Nazideutschland Nazi-Deutschland Nazi-Diktatur Nazifahne Nazifeind Nazi-Feind nazifeindlich Nazifilm nazifizieren entnazifizieren Nazifreund Nazi-Freund nazifreundlich Nazigegner Nazigold Nazi-Gold Nazigräuel Nazi-Gräuel Nazigreuel Nazi-Greuel Nazigröße Nazigrösse Nazi-Größe Nazi-Grösse Naziherrschaft Naziideologe Nazi-Ideologe Naziideologie Nazi-Ideologie Nazijagd Nazi-Jagd Nazijäger Nazi-Jäger Nazijargon Nazi-Jargon Nazijustiz Nazi-Justiz Nazimilieu Nazi-Milieu Naziopfer Nazi-Opfer Naziorganisation Nazi-Organisation Nazipartei Nazi-Partei Naziposting Nazi-Posting Nazipropaganda Nazi-Propagandist Naziprozess Naziprozeß Naziraubkunst Nazi-Raubkunst Naziregierung Naziregime Nazi-Regime Nazi-Richter Nazischwein Naziskin Nazi-Skin Nazitum Naziverbrechen Naziverbrecher Nazi-Verbrecher Nazi-Vergangenheit Nazizeit Neonazi Neo-Nazi Pronazi Pro—Nazi See also de Nazist de Faschist Etymology 2 de Ignaz Proper noun m,,s de rare _ after the mid-1900s de male Ignaz,Ignatius Further reading de de Nazism People Hunsrik Pronunciation Noun m Nazi a en Nazi member or (ideological) supporter of Nazism or neo-Nazism hrx Hitler waar en Nazi. Hitler was a Nazi. See also hrx nazisdisch hrx Nazismus hrx Nazism Turkish Etymology Ultimately from tr de Nazi, perhaps via tr fr -. Pronunciation tr /ˈnɑ.zi/ Adjective en Nazi Noun yi ler a en Nazi Declension i