1930, noun and adjective, from German Nazi, abbreviation of German pronunciation of Nationalsozialist (based on earlier German sozi, popular abbreviation of "socialist"), from Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei "National Socialist German Workers' Party," led by Hitler from 1920.
The 24th edition of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (2002) says the word Nazi was favored in southern Germany (supposedly from c. 1924) among opponents of National Socialism because the nickname Nazi, Naczi (from the masc. proper name Ignatz, German form of Ignatius) was used colloquially to mean "a foolish person, clumsy or awkward person." Ignatz was a popular name in Catholic Austria, and according to one source in World War I Nazi was a generic name in the German Empire for the soldiers of Austria-Hungary.
An older use of Nazi for national-sozial is attested in German from 1903, but EWdS does not think it contributed to the word as applied to Hitler and his followers. The NSDAP for a time attempted to adopt the Nazi designation as what the Germans call a "despite-word," but they gave this up, and the NSDAP is said to have generally avoided the term. Before 1930, party members had been called in English National Socialists, which dates from 1923. The use of Nazi Germany, Nazi regime, etc., was popularized by German exiles abroad. From them, it spread into other languages, and eventually was brought back to Germany, after the war. In the USSR, the terms national socialist and Nazi were said to have been forbidden after 1932, presumably to avoid any taint to the good word socialist. Soviet literature refers to fascists.
Nazi 英文释义
1. a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
Nazi 双语例句
1. Ownership is not clear because of expropriations in the Nazi era.
纳粹时期的征用致使所有权不明确。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a Nazi concentration camp
纳粹集中营
来自《权威词典》
3. She avenged her mother's death upon the Nazi soldiers.
她惩处了纳粹士兵以报杀母之仇.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. This is a novel depicting the bitter sufferings of the inmates in a Nazi concentration camp.
这是一本描写关押在纳粹集中营的人受苦受难的小说.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He was attacked as a racist , xenophobe , and neo nazi .
他被攻击是种族主义，排外，以及新纳粹。
来自辞典例句
Nazi 实用场景例句
Ownership is not clear because of expropriations in the Nazi era.
纳粹时期的征用致使所有权不明确。
柯林斯例句
a Nazi concentration camp
纳粹集中营
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
She avenged her mother's death upon the Nazi soldiers.
她惩处了纳粹士兵以报杀母之仇.
《简明英汉词典》
This is a novel depicting the bitter sufferings of the inmates in a Nazi concentration camp.
这是一本描写关押在纳粹集中营的人受苦受难的小说.
《简明英汉词典》
He was attacked as a racist , xenophobe , and neo nazi .
他被攻击是种族主义，排外，以及新纳粹。
辞典例句
The myth of his and Nazi invincibility had been completely destroyed.
过去他本人之神奇传说,以及纳粹之不败言论,至此乃完全破灭.
辞典例句
Those Nazi soldiers killed the old man in cold blood.
那些纳粹士兵蓄意把那老人残酷地杀了.
辞典例句
Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.
纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里.
辞典例句
Of course he was a plain pro - Nazi.
当然,他是个不折不扣的亲纳粹派.
辞典例句
The untrained Nazi troops sometimes faltered.
未经训练的纳粹兵常常不堪一击.
辞典例句
The Allies finally smashed the Nazi war machine.
同盟国最终粉碎了纳粹的战争机器.
辞典例句
This anomalous Nazi - Sponsored haven for Jews, also called Theresienbad, is almost a byword in Europe.
这个由纳粹创办的,非同寻常的犹太人避难所, 又叫作特莱西恩巴德, 在欧洲颇有名气.
辞典例句
Northern Rhodesia is in the grip of a " Reign of Terror " reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
津巴布韦 北部在恐怖统治中,使人想起纳粹德国.
辞典例句
Their minds weren't warped at an early age by Nazi teachings.
他们的思想在纳粹催化前就成熟了.
电影对白
The Nazi war machine follows Mussolini with iron steps.
