Phrase guide
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intj
The greeting Sieg Heil, used by the Nazis, and by neo-Nazis and people comparing others to Nazis today.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Ellipsis of Sieg Heil salute (“Nazi salute”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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verb
To perform a Nazi salute, often while chanting Sieg Heil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
Unadapted borrowing from German Sieg Heil, from Sieg (“victory”) + Heil, a common chant at political rallies in Nazi Germany, translating as “victory brings salvation” or alternatively as “salvation [to] victory” on the model of Heil Hitler.
Across languages
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