Nazi

See also: nazi, nazí, nazī, naži, and -nazi

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US historical); "Japs and Nazis"

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Etymology

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

Noun

Nazi ‎(plural Nazis)

1. (historical) A member of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, commonly called the NSDAP or Nazi Party).
2. One who subscribes to or advocates (neo-)Nazism or a similarly fascist, racist, xenophobic, ethnicist or anti-Semitic ideology; a neo-Nazi.
3. (slang, usually pejorative, sometimes offensive, see usage notes below) One who imposes one’s views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi)

   She’s a total grammar Nazi.

4. (ethnic slur) Anybody of German descent.

Usage notes

• (one who imposes one’s views on others): As actual Nazis practiced genocide and were responsible for the murder of millions of people during the Second World War, this flippant use is sometimes considered to be offensive and in very poor taste. It is sometimes used to offend, intentionally (e.g. when trolling) or out of anger.

Translations

member of the Nazi party

• Arabic: نَازِي m ‎(nāzī)
• Armenian: ֆաշիստ (hy) ‎(fašist), նացիստ (hy) ‎(nacʿist)
• Catalan: nazi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納粹 (zh), 纳粹 (zh) ‎(nàcuì), 法西斯 (zh) ‎(fǎxīsī)

• Czech: nacista (cs)
• Esperanto: nazio
• Finnish: natsi (fi)
• French: Nazi (fr) m, fasciste (fr) m
• Georgian: ნაცისტი ‎(nacisṭi), ფაშისტი ‎(pašisṭi)
• German: Nazi (de) m, Faschist (de) m
• Greek: Ναζί m ‎(Nazí), ναζιστής (el) m ‎(nazistís), ναζίστρια f ‎(nazístria)
• Hebrew: נאצי
• Hindi: नाजी (hi) ‎(nājī), नाज़ी ‎(nāzī)
• Italian: nazista (it) m, f
• Japanese: ナチス (ja) ‎(nachisu), ファシスト ‎(fashisuto)
• Korean: 나치 ‎(nachi)
• Macedonian: нацист m ‎(nacíst), фашист m ‎(fašíst)

• Malayalam: നാസി (ml) ‎(nāsi)
• Marathi: नाजी m ‎(nāzī)
• Persian: نازی (fa) ‎(nâzi)
• Portuguese: nazista (pt) m, f, nazi (pt) m, f
• Romanian: nazist (ro) m, fascist (ro) m
• Russian: наци́ст (ru) m ‎(nacíst), фаши́ст (ru) m ‎(fašíst), на́ци (ru) m, f ‎(náci)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nàsach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нацист m, нациста m

  Roman: nacist (sh) m, nacista (sh) m

• Slovak: nacista (sk) f
• Spanish: nazi (es) m, f
• Swedish: nazist (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: నాజీ ‎(nājī)
• Thai: นาซี ‎(naa-see)
• Vietnamese: Quốc xã, đảng viên đảng Quốc xã
• Yiddish: נאַצי m ‎(natsi)

Derived terms

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

Adjective

Nazi ‎(comparative more Nazi, superlative most Nazi)

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

Translations

pertaining to the Nazi Party or Nazism

• Catalan: nazi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納粹 (zh), 纳粹 (zh) ‎(nàcuì)

• Czech: nacistický (cs)
• French: nazi (fr), naziste (fr)
• German: Nazi- (de)
• Greek: ναζιστικός (el) m ‎(nazistikós)

• Italian: nazista (it)
• Japanese: ナチの (ja) ‎(nachi no)
• Macedonian: нацистички ‎(nacístički)
• Marathi: नाजी ‎(nāzī)
• Norwegian: nasjonalsosialistisk
• Portuguese: nazista (pt), nazi (pt)
• Russian: наци́стский (ru) ‎(nacístskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Nàsach
• Spanish: nazi (es)
• Swedish: nazistisk (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: nazia
• Swedish: nazist (sv) c

Proper noun

Nazi

1. (offensive) Synonym of German

   Sorry, we don’t speak Nazi.‎

See also

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːtsi/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Nazi m ‎(genitive Nazis, plural Nazis or Nazi)

1. a member or (ideological) supporter of the NSDAP or Nazism; a National Socialist
2. A general, extremely strong insult, chiefly for someone right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic.
3. (used attributively) An expression of strong contempt for someone or something right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic, as in Nazischwein, Nazijournalismus, etc.

Usage notes

The plural "Nazi" is only used in Austria.

Declension

Declension of Nazi

	singular			plural
	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)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nazi m ‎(genitive Nazis, plural Nazis)

1. A male given name, a pet name for Ignatius.

External links

• Nazi in Duden online