• fubo@lemmy.world
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        I think you mean “anti-Nazi slogan”. The “Nazis” here are the ones doing Nazi shit, like invading other countries, putting people in prison camps, etc.

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        “God bless America” seems a more apt comparison. Seeing as “Sieg Heil” was meant to glorify Hitler, rather than inspire pride of the country. Besides that, comparing Ukraine to Nazi Germany seems a bit too “Russian propaganda” for my tastes.

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        Who out there would be dumb enough to think “Ukraini” would mean either “Sieg” or “Heil” and not just mean the the sovereign nation of Ukraine?

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        It means Glory to Ukraine. Pretty much every military has something like it (for example, Hooah or Ooh-rah for the US Military (specifically the Army and the Marines). It’s also a national salute, which a lot of countries have.

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        which translates to “say hail” in english

        https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/hail

        Verb

        hail (third-person singular simple present hails, present participle hailing, simple past and past participle hailed)

        (transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.

        (transitive) To name; to designate; to call. quotations ▼

        He was hailed as a hero.
        

        The problem with the german WWII one isn’t as much the word as who they were hailing.

        i very much doubt the Ukrainian word has the same negative connotations as the german one.