Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of Hitler (“a dictatorial person”).

More definitions
  • Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Stalin was a bad person.

    Сталін був поганою людиною. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    deStalin war ein schlechter Mensch. — shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR

  2. Tom can't tell the difference between Putin and Stalin.

    Том не знає різниці між Путіним та Сталіним. — shanghainese

    deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Putin und Stalin. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Tom doesn't know the difference between Putin and Stalin.

    Том не знає різниці між Путіним та Сталіним. — shanghainese

  4. Stalin makes the other people worried.

  5. Stalin was the father of all peoples - in his own unhealthy imagination.

    ruСталин был отцом всех народов — в своей больной фантазии. — al_ex_an_der

    deStalin war der Vater aller Völker — in seiner kranken Fantasie. — al_ex_an_der

Origin

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”).

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Forms

plural: Stalins
SingularStalin
PluralStalins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953):Joseph StalinIosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

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