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denazification

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • denazification was a slow process

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: de-Nazification

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social process

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiō Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis New Latin nātionālisbor. German national Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius ▲ Latin -ālis Latin sociālisder. French socialbor. German sozial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Sozialist German Nationalsozialist ▲ German Soziinflu. German Nazibor. English Nazi English -ification English Nazification English denazification From de- + Nazification.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: denazifikasie — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Afrikaans: denazifisering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Albanian: denazifikim — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Arabic: اِجْتِثَاث النَّازِيَّة (ijtiṯāṯ an-nāziyya) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Armenian: ապանացիստականացում (apanacʻistakanacʻum) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Asturian: desnazificación — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Basque: desnazifikazio — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Belarusian: дэнацыфіка́цыя (denacyfikácyja) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Bulgarian: денацифика́ция (denacifikácija) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Catalan: desnazificació — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 去納粹化 /去纳粹化 (qùnàcuìhuà) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Czech: denacifikace — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Danish: afnazificering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Danish: denazificering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Dutch: denazificatie — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Dutch: denazificering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Esperanto: sennaziigo — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Estonian: denatsifitseerimine — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Finnish: denatsifikaatio — process of the removal of Nazis
  • French: dénazification — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Galician: desnazificación — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Georgian: დენაციფიკაცია (denacipiḳacia) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • German: Entnazifizierung — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Greek: αποναζοποίηση (aponazopoíisi) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Hebrew: דֵּה־נָאצִיפִיקַצְיָה (de-natsifikátsya) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Hungarian: nácitlanítás denácifikáció — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Indonesian: denazifikasi — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Italian: denazificazione — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Japanese: 非ナチ化 (hinachika) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Korean: 탈(脫)나치화 (tallachihwa) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Latvian: denacifikācija — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Lithuanian: denacifikacija — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Macedonian: денацификација (denacifikacija) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Malay: penyahnazian — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Maltese: denażifikazzjoni — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avnazifisering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: denazifisering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avnazifisering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: denazifisering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Occitan: desnazificacion — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Polish: denazyfikacja — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Portuguese: desnazificação — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Romanian: denazificare — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Russian: денацифика́ция (denacifikácija) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Serbo-Croatian: денацифика́ција — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Serbo-Croatian: denacifikácija — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Slovak: denacifikácia — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Slovene: denacifikacija — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Spanish: desnazificación — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Swedish: avnazifiering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Swedish: denazifiering — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Tagalog: denazipikasyon — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Turkish: denazifikasyon — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Ukrainian: денацифіка́ція (denacyfikácija) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Uzbek: denatsifikatsiya — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Vietnamese: phi quốc xã hoá — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Yiddish: דענאַציפֿיקאַציע (denatsifikatsye) — process of the removal of Nazis
  • Yiddish: דענאַציפֿיצירונג (denatsifitsirung) — process of the removal of Nazis