Hakenkreuz

[hah-kuhn-kroits]

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noun, plural Ha·ken·kreu·ze

[-kroi-tsuh] , German.

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

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Hakenkreuz (ˈhɑːkənˌkrɔɪts)

—n
	the swastika

[literally: hooked cross]

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Hakenkreuz

1931, proper Ger. name for the Nazi swastika (q.v.).

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