Goebbels, Joseph Syllabification: (Goeb·bels, Joseph)Pronunciation: /ˈgəbəlz/ (also Göbbels)Definition of Goebbels, Joseph (1897–1945), German Nazi leader and politician; full name Paul Joseph Goebbels. From 1933, he was Adolf Hitler’s minister of propaganda. He committed suicide rather than surrender to the Allies. Goebbels, Joseph in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Goebbels, Joseph in the British & World English dictionary