Bonhoeffer

American  

[bawn-hœ-fuhr] / ˈbɔn hœ fər /

noun

1. Dietrich, 1906–45, German religious leader: hanged for his involvement in a plot against Hitler.

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Bonhoeffer British  

/ ˈboːnhœfər /

noun

1. Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis

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Example Sentences

Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, murdered by the SS before he could be freed by Allied troops, is lionized in American churches, and his letters from prison became standard reading in Bible studies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

There’s righteousness there that’s hard to ignore, and it’s made Bonhoeffer, the author of dozens of books before his death, a figure of admiration and a martyr to many.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once warned that “silence in the face of evil is evil is evil itself.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2022

Emceeing the event was evangelical radio host Eric Metaxas, author of a bestselling biography of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and a key figure in building an alliance between conservative evangelicals and Roman Catholics.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2022

And the Reverend Peters was the invigilator and he sat at a desk while I did the exam and he read a book called The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and ate a sandwich.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon