Hitler

American  

[hit-ler] / ˈhɪt lər /

noun

1. Adolf Adolf Schicklgruberder Führer, 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.

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Hitler British  

/ ˈhɪtlə /

noun

1. Adolf. (ˈaːdɔlf). Grandmother's maiden name and father's original surname Schicklgrüber . 1889–1945, German dictator, born in Austria. After becoming president of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi party), he attempted to overthrow the government of Bavaria (1923). While in prison he wrote Mein Kampf, expressing his philosophy of the superiority of the Aryan race and the inferiority of the Jews. He was appointed chancellor of Germany (1933), transforming it from a democratic republic into the totalitarian Third Reich, of which he became Führer in 1934. He established concentration camps to exterminate the Jews, rearmed the Rhineland (1936), annexed Austria (1938) and Czechoslovakia, and invaded Poland (1939), which precipitated World War II. He committed suicide

2. a person who displays dictatorial characteristics

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Other Word Forms

• anti-Hitler
  adjective
• pro-Hitler
  adjective

Example Sentences

Galsworthy died on Jan. 31, 1933, one day after Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

French social media has been inundated with "humorous" posts about the battle between the late German dictator Adolf Hitler and Ukraine's modern-day hero Volodymyr Zelensky.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“World War II,” Brown said as Sam, “that’s the Hitler one, right?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Teenaged boys were required to join Hitler Youth groups, where they were groomed to become Nazis.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple