< /ˈhɑ kənˌkrɔɪ tsə/, German.
- a swastika, especially that used as the emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich.
noun
- the swastika
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.)).