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Adolf

American  
[ad-olf, ey-dolf, ah-dawlf] / ˈæd ɒlf, ˈeɪ dɒlf, ˈɑ dɔlf /
Also Adolph,

noun

  1. a first name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”


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On the wall in my den are my father’s medals: a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star from when the United States sent my father, Marcelo Villanueva, and others like him, to fight Adolf Hitler.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

Media investigations have revealed Kast's German-born father was a member of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party and a soldier during World War II.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Its agents in 1960 had kidnapped Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him back to Israel for trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

He first attacked the BBC's Today programme for their interview with Tice, saying it was "disgraceful" to frame a question linking himself to German dictator Adolf Hitler.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

In their place, the soldiers hung portraits of Adolf Hitler.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti