Hakenkreuz

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  • Noun:
    the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction

Word Origin

Hakenkreuz (n.)
1931, proper German name for the Nazi swastika (q.v.), literally "hook-cross," from Old High German hako "hook," from Proto-Germanic *hoka-, from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (see hook (n.)).

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