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Adolf

American

[ad-olf, ey-dolf, ah-dawlf] / ˈæd ɒlf, ˈeɪ dɒlf, ˈɑ dɔlf /

Also Adolph,

noun

a first name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”

Example Sentences

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Adolf Hitler held more cards than Winston Churchill did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

In March, the US National Archives posted online the digital scans of roughly 12 million membership cards from Adolf Hitler's Nazi party.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Maya Angelou’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was included in the purge; Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” was not.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Israel has only executed two people in its history - one of them the infamous Nazi official Adolf Eichmann, who played an important role in perpetrating the Holocaust.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Apparently Adolf Hitler has a vendetta against tobacco, finds it filthy and disgusting, and his military police and their assistants are not meant to smoke at work.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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