Etymograph

English

Heil Hitler

Heil Hitler comes from German Heil Hitler ‘hello’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentHeil Hitler‘hello’literally ‘good health to Hitler’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Germanc. 1650–presentHeil Hitler‘hello’literally ‘good health to Hitler’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008same form

Earliest quotation: 2008, Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad: “Jesse Pinkman: Yo kiss my pink ass man, I…”

Today it means

intj Used as a reference to Hitler and Nazism; depending on context it can imply support for Nazi ideas or it can imply that the person one is talking to resembles a Nazi.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Heil Hitler / Heil Hitler