Synonyms

Hakenkreuz

American

[hah-kuhn-kroits] / ˈhɑ kənˌkrɔɪts /

noun

German.

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

Hakenkreuz British

/ ˈhɑːkənˌkrɔɪts /

noun

the swastika

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Hakenkreuze

plural

Etymology

Origin of Hakenkreuz

literally: hooked cross

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There is sufficient documentation to authenticate Wagener's life and writing, a comforting thought after the embarrassment of the bogus Hitler diaries and other artifacts fobbed off as pieces of the true Hakenkreuz.

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