Nazi

1930, from German Nazi, a clipping of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”) (1924), earlier attestation (1903) as shortening of national-sozial),[1] since in German the nati- in national /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/ is approximately pronounced Nazi [ˈnäːtsi]; compare the parallel pejorative terms Sozi (“socialist, social democrat”), Kozi (“commie, commo, communist”). A homonymic term Nazi was in use before the rise of the NSDAP in Bavaria as a pet name for Ignaz and (by extension from that) a derogatory word for a backwards peasant, which may have influenced[2] the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.[1][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːtsi/, /ˈnætsi/, /ˈnæzi/ (the first pronunciation more closely matches the German pronunciation [ˈnäːtsi] and is more common than the second; the third is historical)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːtsi, -ætsi, -æzi

Nazi (plural Nazis)

1. (historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). [1930]
2. (by extension) One who subscribes to or advocates (neo-)Nazism, or a similarly fascist, racist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi.
3. (slang, usually derogatory, 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]

   She's a total grammar Nazi.

• (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.

• Natsi

• beefsteak Nazi

Nazi (comparative more Nazi, superlative most Nazi)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.

   Hypernym: fascist

   1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Third Reich.

      Hypernym: German

      • 1944, United States Office of War Information, Press Release Labor Press Service‎, page 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.

      • 1993, Jeffry Diefendorf, chapter 5, in In the Wake of War: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II‎, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 116:

        The second development was the program for the redesign (Neugestaltung) of several German cities as representative Nazi cities.

2. (by extension) Domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant.

   Synonym: fascist

Nazi

1. The language (ideological jargon) of Nazis.
   • 2008, Joseph P. Farrell, Nazi International, →ISBN:

     All this requires some very careful unpacking, for obviously, Dr. Bosse is “speaking Nazi with the Bormann dialect.”

   • 2014, Marius Turda, Aaron Gillette, Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective, →ISBN, page 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,...'

   • 2015, Tarik Cyril Amar, The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv: A Borderland City, →ISBN:

     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.

2. (derogatory, offensive, rare) The 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 (→ISBN), page 104):

     In Hitler's Own Words: Shut up, Yank — learn to speak NAZI!

   • 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.

   • 2016, Jessica Holbrook, The Perfect Descent, page 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.”

• Nazi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Nazi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Zain, azin, zain, zina

• Gnazi

Nazi m

1. (uncommon after the mid-1900s) a diminutive of the male given name Ignaz, from Latin
   • 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.

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• Ernst Martin, Wörterbuch der elsässischen Mundarten (1907) (online)

Nazi m (plural Nazis)

1. Nazi

• Nazl

Nazi m

1. (uncommon after the mid-1900s) a diminutive of the male given name Ignaz, from Latin [c. 1800][1]
   • 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)

Nazi

1. a Nazi

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːtsi/

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1924, representing the pronunciation of Nati- in Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”), influenced by Sozi (“socialist”), as pejorative possibly also influenced by Nazi, a Bavarian hypocorism of Ignatius.

Nazi m (strong, genitive Nazis, plural Nazis or Nazi)

1. a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist [1924]
2. a general, extremely strong insult, chiefly of someone right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic
3. (used in compounds) an expression of strong contempt for someone or something right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic, as in Nazischwein, Nazipropaganda, etc.

• Nazist
• Faschist

Nazi m (proper noun, strong, genitive Nazis, plural Nazis)

1. (rare after the mid-1900s) a diminutive of the male given names Ignaz or Ignatius

• “Nazi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Nazi” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Nazi” in Duden online
• Nazi on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːt͡si/

Nazi m (plural Nazi)

1. a Nazi (“member or (ideological) supporter of Nazism or neo-Nazism”)

   Hitler waar en Nazi.

   Hitler was a Nazi.

• nazisdisch
• Nazismus

Probably from French nazi

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.zi/

Nazi

1. Nazi

Nazi (definite accusative Naziyi, plural Naziler)

1. Nazi