hakenkreuz









hakenkreuz


< /ˈhɑ kənˌkrɔɪ tsə/, German.

  1. a swastika, especially that used as the emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich.

noun

  1. the swastika
n.

1931, proper German name for the Nazi swastika (q.v.), literally “hook-cross,” from Old High German hako “hook,” from Proto-Germanic *hoka-, from PIE *keg- “hook, tooth” (see hook (n.)).

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