Nazi

noun

Na·​zi ˈnät-sē  ˈnat- 

1

: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler

2

often not capitalized

a

: one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German Nazis : fascist

b

: one who is likened to a German Nazi : a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person

a grammar nazi

nazi adjective often capitalized

nazification

ˌnät-si-fə-ˈkā-shən 

ˌnat-

noun often capitalized

nazify

ˈnät-si-ˌfī 

ˈnat-

transitive verb often capitalized

Examples of Nazi in a Sentence

a gang of racist Nazis

Recent Examples on the Web

Koch was a real-life Nazi war criminal, played here by Krieps, whose sick specialties include flaying the skin off of Jewish people and making objects out of it like lampshades. —William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025

In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025

After stonewalling the cops searching for Chris, Alt-Auggie bristles when Harcourt calls him a Nazi, denying any support for the reigning regime. —Scott Meslow, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

In 1945, three men — two Jewish refugees living in Brooklyn and one Nazi deserter — enlisted in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States. —Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing Nazi

• anti-Nazi
• neo-Nazi

Kids Definition

Nazi

noun

Na·​zi ˈnät-sē  ˈnat- 

: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945

Nazi adjective

Nazism

ˈnät-ˌsiz-əm

ˈnat-

noun