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
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
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Popular broadcaster Tucker Carlson hosts guests with rather unusual takes about Nazi Germany.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
In July 2011, a Norwegian neo-Nazi went on a rampage, detonating a bomb in Oslo, Norway, before opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on nearby Utoya Island.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Scientists realized that the Netherlands—the site of a 1944 railroad strike in support of the Allies, followed by a retaliatory Nazi blockade on food—had kept meticulous records of a subsequent famine, the Dutch Hunger Winter.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Directed by Matt Whitaker (Saints and Soldiers), written by Ethan Vincent and Whitaker, it’s based on the true story of Helmuth Hübener, a heroic 16-year-old in Nazi Germany who formed a resistance group with his friends Karl and Rudi after witnessing the arrest of his Jewish friend.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
In July 2011, a Norwegian neo-Nazi went on a rampage, detonating a bomb in Oslo, Norway, before opening fire at a Labour Party youth camp on nearby Utoya Island.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Scientists realized that the Netherlands—the site of a 1944 railroad strike in support of the Allies, followed by a retaliatory Nazi blockade on food—had kept meticulous records of a subsequent famine, the Dutch Hunger Winter.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Directed by Matt Whitaker (Saints and Soldiers), written by Ethan Vincent and Whitaker, it’s based on the true story of Helmuth Hübener, a heroic 16-year-old in Nazi Germany who formed a resistance group with his friends Karl and Rudi after witnessing the arrest of his Jewish friend.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Nazi
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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