English Explanatory Dictionary

Sieg Heil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. The greeting Sieg Heil, used by the Nazis, and by neo-Nazis and people comparing others to Nazis today.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Sieg Heil salute (“Nazi salute”).
verb
  1. To perform a Nazi salute, often while chanting Sieg Heil.

Word forms

Sieg Heil Sieg Heils Sieg Heiling Sieg Heiled sieg-heil

Etymology

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.

Derived words

Sieg Heil salute
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