# der Nazi

der Nazi is a German noun meaning “nazi”. Forms: des Nazis, die Nazis.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Nazis
- Plural: die Nazis

## In other languages

- Русский: нацист

## Noun

1. a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist
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.
4. _colloquial · Kurzform für · im engeren Sinne_ nazi
   - 1933 verboten die Nazis die „Weltbühne“, verbrannten Tucholskys Bücher und bürgerten ihn aus.

## Proper name

1. _rare · after the mid-1900s_ a diminutive of the male given names Ignaz and Ignatius

## Examples

- Was weißt du über die Nazis? — What do you know about the Nazis?
- Aart hat für die Nazis gearbeitet. — Aart worked for the Nazis.
- Die Nazis tilgten seinen Namen aus den Geschichtsbüchern. — The Nazis wiped his name out of the history books.
- Er floh vor den Nazis. — He escaped from the Nazis.
- Ich bin kein Nazi! — I'm not a Nazi!

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Nazi