Hakenkreuz

Ha·ken·kreuz

H0017800 (hä′kən-kroits′)n. A swastika.

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[German : Haken, hook (from Middle High German hāken; see haček) + Kreuz, cross (from Middle High German kriuze; see kreuzer).]

Hakenkreuz

(ˈhɑːkənˌkrɔɪts) n (Historical Terms) the swastika[literally: hooked cross]

hakenkreuz

A German word meaning hooked cross, used to mean the swastika.

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Hakenkreuz - the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise directionswastikatetraskele, tetraskelion - a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a centerallegory, emblem - a visible symbol representing an abstract ideaDeutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990