Hitler

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A surname of Austrian origin.
• Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany between 1933 and 1945.

Noun

• An unnecessarily dictatorial person.

Origin

• The surname Hitler is a variation of Hiedler, a surname applied to those who resided near a Hiedl (Bavarian dialect). Earlier theories derived the surname from Hüttler (also spelled Huettler), either meaning "one who lives in a hut", from Hütte, or from hüten.