Meanings
present singular third person Nazifies · participle present Nazifying · participle past Nazified · past Nazified · alternative nazify
- To subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism).
It did more to de-nazify the Germans than to nazify the French.
1941, Abraham Wolf, Higher Education in German-occupied Countries1 more example
The Ministry of Education expects the teachers of history to espouse National Socialism positively. Thus how to Nazify rather than whether to Nazify […]
1976, Howard Paul Becker, German Youth: Bond or Free
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
- Proto-Italic*gnātiō
- Latinnātiō
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- New Latinnātionālis
- Germannational
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
- Proto-Italic*sokjos
- Latinsokios
- Latinsocius
- Latinsociālis
- Frenchsocia
- Germansozial
- GermanSozialist
- GermanNationalsozialist
- GermanSoziinflu.
- GermanNazi
- EnglishNazi
- EnglishNazify
From Nazi + -fy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French nazifier
- nazifiersubject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)
German nazifizieren
- nazifizierensubject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)
Italian nazificare
- nazificaresubject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)
Russian нацифици́ровать
- нацифици́ровать (nacificírovatʹ)subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)
Spanish nazificar
- nazificarsubject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)
Cite this entry
Nazify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nazify
“Nazify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nazify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nazify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nazify.
Source: Nazify on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.