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Hakenkreuz

American  
[hah-kuhn-kroits] / ˈhɑ kənˌkrɔɪts /

noun

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


Hakenkreuz British  
/ ˈhɑːkənˌkrɔɪts /

noun

  1. the swastika

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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