Ha·ken·kreuz (hä k n-kroits )n. A swastika. [German : Haken, hook (from Middle High German h  ken; see ha ek) + Kreuz, cross (from Middle High German kriuze; see kreuzer).] |
Hakenkreuz German [ˈhɑːkənˌkrɔɪts]
n
(Historical Terms) the swastika
[literally: hooked cross]
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| Noun | 1. |  Hakenkreuz - the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise directiontetraskele, tetraskelion - a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center Deutschland, 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 |
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