Editing Nazi Party (section)

== Name ==
The renaming of the [[German Workers' Party]] (DAP) to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) was partially driven by a desire to draw upon both left-wing and right-wing ideals, with "Socialist" and "Workers'" appealing to the left, and "National" and "German" appealing to the right.{{sfn|Childers|2001a|loc=26:00–31:04}} {{lang|de|Nazi}}, the informal and originally derogatory term for a party member, abbreviates the party's name ({{lang|de|Nationalsozialist}} {{IPA|de|natsi̯oˈnaːlzotsi̯aˌlɪst|}}), and was coined in analogy with {{lang|de|[[wikt:Sozi|Sozi]]}} (pronounced {{IPA|de|ˈzoːtsiː|}}), an abbreviation of {{lang|de|Sozialdemokrat}} (member of the rival [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]).{{efn|or {{lang|de|Sozialdemokrat}} ({{IPA|de|zoˈtsi̯aːldemoˌkʁaːt|pron}}, "[[social democracy|social democrat]]")}}{{sfn|Mautner|1944|p=93–100}} Members of the party referred to themselves as {{lang|de|Nationalsozialisten}} (National Socialists), but some did occasionally embrace the colloquial {{lang|de|Nazi}} (so [[Leopold von Mildenstein]] in his article series ''[[Ein Nazi fährt nach Palästina]]'' published in {{lang|de|[[Der Angriff]]}} in 1934). The term {{lang|de|Parteigenosse}} (party member) was commonly used among Nazis, with its corresponding feminine form {{lang|de|Parteigenossin}}.{{sfn|Hitler|1936|p=10}}

Before the rise of the party, these terms had been used as colloquial and derogatory words for a backward [[peasant]], or an awkward and clumsy person. It derived from Ignaz, a shortened version of [[Ignatius]],{{sfn|Gottlieb|Morgensen|2007|p=247}}{{sfn|Harper|n.d.}} which was a common name in the Nazis' home region of [[Bavaria]]. Opponents seized on this, and the long-existing {{lang|de|Sozi}}, to attach a dismissive nickname to the National Socialists.{{sfn|Harper|n.d.}}{{sfn|Rabinbach|Gilman|2013|p=4}}

In 1933, when [[Adolf Hitler]] assumed power in the German government, the usage of "Nazi" diminished in Germany, although Austrian anti-Nazis continued to use the term.{{sfn|Mautner|1944|p=93–100}} The use of "[[Nazi Germany]]" and "Nazi regime" was popularised by anti-Nazis and German exiles abroad. Thereafter, the term spread into other languages and eventually was brought back to Germany after World War II.{{sfn|Rabinbach|Gilman|2013|p=4}} In English, the term is not considered slang and has such derivatives as [[Nazism]] and [[denazification]].