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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

18 4.4
A period from 1933 to 1945 when Germany was ruled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party
  • noun
  • /ˈnɑːtsi ˈɡɜːrməni/
translation icon : Alemania nazi
  • The art and culture of Germany evolved drastically during the years of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
  • Hitler's Nazi Germany
  • fled Nazi Germany
  • racism of Nazi Germany

That's the same was true in the camp guards in Nazi Germany and and the people in the camps.

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Examples

  • In the 1930s, he opposed the immigration of Jews from Nazi Germany.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Austria had a long history of anti-Semitism even before the Anschluss, the 1938 annexation by Nazi Germany.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We, as citizens, have to do our part, as some did even in Nazi Germany.

  • In his eyes, the Church was a natural ally of Nazi Germany.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I received my elementary education in a public school in a very small town in Nazi Germany.

    Academic text (1997)
  • So, in 1941, Nazi Germany came close to total financial collapse.

  • Forced to leave Nazi Germany, the family eventually emigrated to America.

    Academic text (2003)
  • What was it like to grow up in Nazi Germany in a family quietly opposed to National Socialism?

    Academic text (2011)
  • To them, a broad coalition against the rising threat of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy seemed to make sense.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Nazi Germany had been defeated... ...and three months later, Imperial Japan surrendered as well.

Synonyms

Third Reich
vsNazi Germany
12 8.6

A time when the Nazi party ruled Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945

is the common, general label for that same period

Surface Forms

Nazi Germany singular

Morphology

Nazi + Germany

The phrase is a straightforward modifier–noun combination: 'Nazi' (relating to the Nazi Party) applied to 'Germany' clearly signals Germany under Nazi rule. A B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it refers to the country during the Nazi period (even if they may not know exact dates), and this compositional pattern is common across languages.

Etymology

Nazi Germany gets its name from the rulers of Germany from 1933 to 1945: the word Nazi is a short form of 'National Socialist', the name of the party that took power in Germany. So Nazi Germany means the period when Adolf Hitler and that party ruled the country.