Nazi

See also nazi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɑtsi, ˈnætsi/

Etymology

From German Nazi, a shortening of Nationalsozialist, since in German the Nati- in National is pronounced Nazi.

Adjective

Nazi (comparative more Nazi, superlative most Nazi)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party (NSDAP) specifically, or to Nazism more generally.
2. (by extension) Racist or anti-Semitic.
3. (by extension) Totalitarian.
4. Consisting of Nazis.

Translations

pertaining to the Nazi Party or Nazism

Czech: nacistický (cs) Greek: ναζιστικός (el) (nazistikós) m.

Scottish Gaelic: Nàsach (gd)

Noun

Nazi (plural Nazis)

1. (historical) A member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
2. One who subscribes to or advocates Nazism or a similarly fascist, racist, or anti-Semitic ideology.
3. (slang, usually pejorative, see usage notes below) One who imposes one’s views on others.

   She’s a total grammar Nazi.

Usage notes

• (one who imposes one’s views on others): As the actual Nazis practiced genocide and murdered millions of people in cold blood, this flippant use is sometimes considered to be offensive and in very poor taste. It is sometimes used to offend out of anger or intentionally.

Translations

member of the Nazi party

Arabic: نازي (ar) (naazii) m. Armenian: ֆաշիստ (hy) (fašist), նացիստ (hy) (nac’ist) Chinese: Mandarin: 納粹 (cmn), 纳粹 (cmn) (nàcuì), 法西斯 (cmn) (fǎxīsī) Czech: nacista (cs) Esperanto: nazio (eo) Finnish: natsi (fi) French: Nazi (fr) m., fasciste (fr) m. Georgian: ნაცისტი (ka) (nac'isti), ფაშისტი (ka) (p'ašisti) German: Nazi (de) m., Faschist (de) m. Greek: ναζί (el) (nazí) Hebrew: נאצי (he) Hindi: नाजी (hi) (nājī), नाज़ी (hi) (nāzī)

Japanese: ナチス (ja) (nachisu), ファシスト (ja) (fashisuto) Korean: 나치 (ko) (nachi) Malayalam: നാസി (ml) Persian: نازی (fa) (nâzi) Portuguese: nazista (pt) f. Romanian: nazist (ro) m., fascist (ro) m. Russian: фашист (ru) (fašíst) m., нацист (ru) (nacíst) m., (indeclinable) наци (ru) (náci) m. Scottish Gaelic: Nàsach (gd) m. Spanish: nazi (es) m. and f. Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: please add this translation if you can Thai: นาซี (th) (naa-see) Vietnamese: Quốc xã (vi), đảng viên đảng Quốc xã (vi) Yiddish: נאַצי (yi)

Derived terms

• nazi
• Nazism
• neo-Nazi
• feminazi, femi-Nazi (pejorative)

See also

• Aryan
• fascist
• holocaust
• National Socialist
• NSDAP
• white supremacist

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German

Etymology

Representing pronunciation of Nati in Nationalsozialist (‘National Socialist’).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnaːtsi/

Noun

Nazi m. (genitive Nazis, plural Nazis)

1. a member or (ideological) supporter of the NSDAP or Nazism; a National Socialist
2. [A general, extremely strong insult]
3. [When used attributively, used to express strong contempt, as Nazi-Schwein, Nazi-Journalismus, etc.]
4. pet name for Ignatius

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola

Declension

declension of Nazi

	singular			plural
m. gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nazi	die	Nazis
genitive	eines	des	Nazis	der	Nazis
dative	einem	dem	Nazi	den	Nazis
accusative	einen	den	Nazi	die	Nazis

Derived terms

• Nazipropaganda (1)