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Definitions: Nazi |
NaziAdjective1. Relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis; "the total Nazi crime"; "the Nazi interpretation of history". 2. Relating to a form of socialism; "the national socialist party came to power in 1933". Noun1. A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Nazi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Synonym: NaziSynonym: national socialist (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Party; Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party; Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party; Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party; National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party; Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party. |
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Screenplays | So, what about World War two? What about Nazi Facism? (S.L.C. Punk!; writing credit: James Merendino.) He's not a Nazi, Elaine. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) He's a Nazi, get him! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) So, you took on the whole Nazi party? (Cabaret; writing credit: Christopher Isherwood; John Van Druten) Well unless they're transvestite Nazi war criminals with really good face-lifts, ours beats theirs. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) | |
Lyrics | Steppin' so hard like a German Nazi ("Play that funky music"; performing artist: Vanilla Ice) About Transsexual Nazi Eskimos ("I Can't Watch This"; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Nazi Plan (1945) Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) Diary of a Nazi (1943) Nazi Agent (1942) Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Photograph of Nazi submariner foot trying to get out of submarine escape hatch Office of Strategic Services project to find sunken vessels with new technology Ray Tryon and John O. Phillips worked off USCGC GENTIAN in 1944 Example of early surface controlled ocean bottom photography.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Emo Philips | Women. You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash. |
Winston Churchill | Thus, by every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill. |
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Business | Propaganda of Nazi and other proscribed organizations, as well as statements endorsing nazism, are illegal. (references) | |
The Nazi leadership attempted to remove or subjugate all non-German peoples in Germany by forced migration and, ultimately, genocide. (references) | ||
The National Socialist (Nazi) Party, led by Adolf Hitler, stressed nationalist themes and promised to put the unemployed back to work. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ukraine | In September the Government commemorated the massacre at Babyn Yar, one of the most serious Nazi crimes of the Holocaust. (references) |
Czech Republic | The Penal Code imposes prison terms of between 6 months and 3 years on persons who deny the Nazi Holocaust and the Communist genocide. (references) | |
Germany | For example, rallies and marches by neo-Nazis and rightwing radicals commemorating the death of Nazi official Rudolf Hess are banned routinely. (references) | |
Economic History | Estonia | When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, most Estonians greeted the Germans with relatively open arms. (references) |
Slovakia | Slovakia had already declared its independence on March 14, 1939, and had become a Nazi German puppet state led by Jozef Tiso. (references) | |
Estonia | The U.S.S.R.'s forcible annexation of Estonia in 1940 and the ensuing Nazi and Soviet destruction during World War II crippled the Estonian economy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Lithuania | The Government continued to support the International Commission to Investigate the Crimes of Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania. (references) |
Czech Republic | On October 10, a court acquitted two former Communist officials accused of concealing and protecting Nazi war criminal Werner Tutter in the 1960's. The judge in the case ruled that the statute of limitations had expired. (references) | |
Lithuania | Government rehabilitation of over 50,000 persons charged with anti-Soviet crimes during the Stalin era led to reports in 1991 that some persons who allegedly were involved with crimes against humanity during the Nazi occupation had benefited from this rehabilitation. (references) | |
Minorities | Germany | Police found Nazi symbols and related items in the suspects' homes. (references) |
Ukraine | Nationalists erected crosses on the site to commemorate Christian victims of Nazi terror. (references) | |
Ukraine | In Kiev crosses remained on the territory of an old Jewish cemetery near the site of the Nazi massacre at Babyn Yar. (references) | |
Political Economy | Switzerland | U.S. relations with Switzerland are strong, having significantly recovered from the strains resulting from investigations into Swiss handling of WWII Holocaust-era assets (i.e., dormant bank accounts and Nazi gold). (references) |
Austria | In addition, the Austrian government started a program in April 2001 distributing $150 million to compensate Nazi era victims for losses of apartment and small business leases, as well as personal assets by issuing payments of $7,000 per capita. (references) | |
Austria | Following an initially shaky phase of the OVP/FPO government, characterized by EU sanctions against Austria and international concerns due to the controversial nature of the FPO, Austria's international relations normalized in the second half of the year 2000. In 2000 and 2001, the Austrian government also resolved Nazi era compensation issues by setting up two funds to provide compensation to former forced and slave laborers, and to address gaps and shortcomings in previous restitution programs. (references) | |
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Rush Limbaugh | Imagine if Canada's neighbors were Iraq or Nazi Germany or the USSR or imperial Japan or any powerful empire. |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | There also a formula was arrived at for the interim government of the areas in Europe which were rapidly being wrested from Nazi control. |
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| "Nazi" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "Nazi" is used about 744 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.06% | 737 | 9,199 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.94% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 744 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Nazi": nazi Party ♦ nazi term. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Nazi": nazi-approved, nazi-dominated, nazi-hating, nazi-imposed, nazi-inspired, nazi-ism, nazi-like, nazi-occupied, nazi-soviet, nazi-style, nazi-supporters, nazi-sympathiser, nazi-type. | |
Ending with "Nazi": anti-nazi, neo-nazi, non-nazi, pro-nazi. | |
Containing "Nazi": lesbian-jewish-nazi-transvestite. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nazi | 2,004 |
neo nazi | 296 |
nazi flag | 261 |
nazi germany | 187 |
nazi symbol | 161 |
nazi picture | 128 |
nazi propaganda | 120 |
nazi party | 109 |
nazi concentration camp | 105 |
nazi officer wife | 102 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Nazi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | nazist. (various references) | |
Arabic | نازي, النازي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нацистки, нацист. (various references) | |
Czech | nacistický, nacista. (various references) | |
Dutch | nazistisch, nazi-. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nazio, nazia. (various references) | |
Finnish | natsi, kansallissosialisti (national socialist). (various references) | |
French | nazi. (various references) | |
German | nazi. (various references) | |
Greek | ναζιστικόσ, ναζιστήσ, ναζί. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fasiszta (fascist). (various references) | |
Italian | nazista. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ナイル鰐 (being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future, knapsack, knuckle, knuckle ball, knuckle four, knuckle part, NASA, NASA fashion, NASDAQ, NASTAR ski, national, national ad, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, national atlas, national bank, national brand, National Center of Trade Unions, national chain, national character, national consensus, national convention, national costume, national game, national holiday, national identity, national interest, National League, national minimum, national park, national prestige, national product, national project, national security, National Standard Race ski, National Trust, nationalism, nationalist, nationality, nationalization, Nationalsozialist, NATO, Natrium lamp, natural, natural cheese, natural color, natural foods, natural grip, natural science, natural selection, natural turn, natural wave, naturalism, naturalist, naturalistic, naturalization, naturalize, Nazism, Nile crocodile, nine, no, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, nothing, now, now-now-ism, nugget, nut, nuts, nylon, sodium, trendy, up-to-date). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ナチ (Nationalsozialist). (various references) | |
Manx | Natseeagh, Natsee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | azinay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nazista (nazism), nazi, promontório (bill, Cape, foreleg, head, headland, headless, hoe, nest, promontory, promote, turn space). (various references) | |
Romanian | nazist, fascist (fascist). (various references) | |
Russian | нацистский, нацист. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nacistički, nacista. (various references) | |
Spanish | nazi. (various references) | |
Swedish | nazist. (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับพรรคนาซี, พรรคนาซี. (various references) | |
Turkish | nazi (hitlerite). (various references) | |
Ukranian | фашистський (fascist), фашист (fascist), нацистський, нацист. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | Quốc xã. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Nazi": nazification, nazifications, nazified, nazifies, nazify, nazifying, nazis. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Nazi": denazification, denazifications, denazified, denazifies, denazify, denazifying, fluphenazine, fluphenazines, monazite, monazites, perphenazine, perphenazines, phenazin, phenazine, phenazines, phenazins. (additional references) | |
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"Nazi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anazi, anizi, ansii, anze, azi, cazi, Jaazim, Jazi, naai, Naali, naci, nadi, nadii, Nadzab, Naei, nai, n'ai, naih, naij, Na'im, naio, naip, naiu, naize, naji, Najin, naki, nami, Namiq, Namzi, nani, naoi, naqi, Naqib, Nari, nasa, nasc, Nasdim, nase, nasi, Nasif, nasir, naso, Nasri, nati, natzi, navi, naxi, nayi, Nayib, Naz, Nazeem, nazel, nazic, nazie, nazify, Nazih, nazil, nazim, nazin, Nazipov, nazir, nazit, Naziur, nazli, Nazmir, nazo, nazt, nazti, Nazzie, neaz, negi, neisi, neiz, Nekzad, neri, nesi, Nevzat, nexi, nez, Nezih, Nezu, Ngami, Niaz, Nimzo, niz, Nizar, nize, nizi, Nizniy, nozi, Nozzi, nusi, nuz, nuze, Nwanza, Nyanza, nz, Nze, onaz, Qasi, snazi, tazi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Nazi" (pronounced nÄ"tsē) |
| 4 | -Ä" t s ē | palazzi. |
| 3 | -t s ē | antsy, artsy, bitsy, chintzy, cutesy, ditsy, glitzy, Patsy, ritzy, tsetse. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-z" | |
-1 letter: ain, ani, zin. | |
-2 letters: ai, an, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-z" | |
+1 letter: azine, nazis, nizam, zayin. | |
+2 letters: agnize, azines, azonic, banzai, dazing, diazin, fazing, gazing, hazing, lazing, mazing, nazify, nizams, razing, zanier, zanies, zanily, zayins, zeatin, zinnia. | |
+3 letters: agenize, agnized, agnizes, agonize, amazing, anodize, banzais, biznaga, bizonal, blazing, brazing, canzoni, crazing, czarina, diazine, diazins, fanzine, feazing, gazania, glazing, grazing, hazanim, hazings, hoatzin, jazzing, kyanize, lazying, oxazine, razzing, thiazin, triazin, tzarina, tzigane, zagging, zaniest, zanyish, zapping, zeatins, zenaida, zincate, zingani, zingano, zingara, zingare, zingari, zingaro, zinnias. | |
+4 letters: agenized, agenizes, agnizing, agonized, agonizes, alizarin, anodized, anodizes, atrazine, avianize, banalize, bartizan, begazing, biznagas, botanize, brazilin, canalize, canonize, caponize, chazanim, czarinas, dazzling, denazify, diazines, diazinon, fanzines, finalize, gazanias, glazings, grazings, haziness, hazzanim, hoactzin, hoatzins, humanize, huzzaing, janizary, japanize, khazenim, kyanized, kyanizes, latinize, laziness, magazine, marzipan, maziness, melanize, monazite, nasalize, nazified, nazifies, nizamate, notarize, organize, oxazines, paganize, partizan, patinize, penalize, phenazin, quantize, razeeing, razoring, rendzina, romanize, salinize, sanitize, simazine, snazzier, stanzaic, suzerain, teazling, tetanize, thiazine, thiazins, topazine, triazine, triazins, tzarinas, tziganes, upgazing, urbanize, waltzing, whizbang, womanize, zabaione, zamindar, zaniness, zemindar, zenaidas, zenithal, zincates, zirconia, zonation, zoomania. | |
+5 letters: agatizing, agenizing, agonizing, alizarins, aluminize, amazingly, amazonite, analogize, analyzing, anatomize, anglicize, animalize, annualize, anodizing, apprizing, arabizing, atomizing, atrazines, avianized, avianizes, azotising, azotizing, balkanize, banalized, banalizes, baptizing, bartizans, blazingly, blazoning, bombazine, botanized, botanizes, brazening, brazilins, byzantine, canalized, canalizes, canonized, canonizes, caponized, caponizes, capsizing, carbonize, chalazion, chazzanim, chazzenim, cocainize, cognizant, craziness, deglazing, dialyzing, diazinons, diazonium, dualizing, emblazing, enzymatic, euthanize, fantasize, finalized, finalizes, frazzling, galvanize, gazetting, gazillion, gazumping, germanize, harmonize, hazarding, heliozoan, hoactzins, hoatzines, horizonal, humanized, humanizer, humanizes, huzzahing, hydrazine, imblazing, influenza, ionizable, isoniazid, japanized, japanizes, jargonize, jazziness, kyanizing, laicizing, latinized, latinizes, linearize, magazines, magnetize, manzanita, marzipans, mechanize, melanized, melanizes, mezzanine, monazites, narcotize, nasalized, nasalizes, nazifying, nizamates, normalize, notarized, notarizes, organized, organizer, organizes, organzine, ozonating, ozonation, paganized, paganizer, paganizes, partizans, patinized, patinizes, patronize, penalized, penalizes, phenazine, phenazins, platinize, quantized, quantizer, quantizes, randomize, realizing, reglazing, rendzinas, romanized, romanizes, salinized, salinizes, sanitized, sanitizes, sforzandi, signalize, simazines, sloganize, snazziest, suzerains, tantalize, tanzanite, teazeling, tetanized, tetanizes, thiazines, triazines, tyrannize, urbanized, urbanizes, vandalize, vernalize, vulcanize, whizbangs, whizzbang, womanized, womanizer, womanizes, zabaiones, zamindari, zamindars, zemindars, zemindary, zinfandel, zirconias, zonations, zoomanias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 7A 69 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .- --.. .. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01111010 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a z i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 007A 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48679275 |
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