nazi

Syllables: Na·zi/ˈnɑːtsi/

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historical/ˈnæzi/

nazi is the alternative form of Nazi.

Noun capitalized: Nazi

Nazi (plural Nazis)

(historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP).
- After World War II, many Nazis fled to South American countries like Argentina and Chile to escape prosecution.
- 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...2025 August 25, 0:00 from the start, in Taiwan warns of Chinese invasion and chip industry domination, Seven News, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2025
Synonyms:

Fascist

Antonyms:

antifascist, anti-Nazi
1. (colloquial, historical) A person associated with Nazi Germany.
  - Our city was occupied by Nazis during World War II.
(colloquial) One who advocates neo-Nazism, or a similarly fascist, racist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi.
(derogatory, offensive, slang, sometimes, usually, see usage notes below) One who imposes their views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi)
- She's a total grammar Nazi.

Adjective capitalized: Nazi

Nazi (comparative more Nazi, superlative most Nazi)

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

Antonyms:

anti-Nazi
1. (colloquial, historical) Of or pertaining to the Third Reich and Nazi Germany.
  - There was Nazi soldiers all over the frontline.
  - 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.1944, United States Office of War Information, Press Release Labor Press Service, page 1
(broadly) Domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant.

Synonyms:

fascist

Proper noun capitalized: Nazi

Nazi

The language (ideological jargon) of Nazis.
- All this requires some very careful unpacking, for obviously, Dr. Bosse is “speaking Nazi with the Bormann dialect.”2008, Joseph P. Farrell, Nazi International, →ISBN
- 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...2014, Marius Turda, Aaron Gillette, Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective, →ISBN, page 123
(derogatory, offensive, rare) The German language.
- In Hitler's Own Words: Shut up, Yank — learn to speak NAZI!1941 October 19, FFF advertisement in The New York Times (as quoted in 2004, Martin J. Manning, Herbert Romerstein, Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda, page 104)
- 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.2013, Jennifer Lane, On Best Behavior

Synonyms of nazi

Fascist

Antonyms

Forms of nazi

Adjective
comparative	more nazi
superlative	most nazi
comparative	more Nazi
superlative	most Nazi
Noun
plural	nazis
plural	Nazis
alternative form	Natsi
alternative form	notsee

Origin of nazi

See Nazi.

1930, from German Nazi, a clipping of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”) (1924), earlier attestation (1903) as shortening of national-sozial), 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 the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.

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Questions about nazi

What does nazi mean?: Nazi means a member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP).
What is nazi the alternative form of?: Nazi is the alternative form of Nazi.
What part of speech is nazi?: Nazi can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce nazi?: Nazi is pronounced /ˈnɑːtsi/.
What is the plural of nazi?: The plural of nazi is nazis.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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