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hakenkreuz

hakenkreuz noun: the swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.

Noun

hakenkreuz (plural hakenkreuzes)

  1. (India) The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
    • The big elliptical main hall, quite a beautiful saloon, looked at first sight like a German show, for the hakenkreuzes, or swastikas, on the tails of the German aeroplanes, and a frieze of the same emblem round most of the gallery[…]1937, The Aeroplane, page 442
    • A prominent US-based Hindu organization has urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian-origin leader Jagmeet Singh not to conflate the ‘Swastika’, an ancient and auspicious symbol for Hindus with the ‘Hakenkreuz’, a 20th century Nazi symbol of hate.2022, The Tribune

Synonyms of hakenkreuz

Forms of hakenkreuz

pluralhakenkreuzes

Origin of hakenkreuz

Borrowed from German Hakenkreuz.

Questions about hakenkreuz

What does hakenkreuz mean?
Hakenkreuz means the swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
What part of speech is hakenkreuz?
Hakenkreuz is a noun.
What is the plural of hakenkreuz?
The plural of hakenkreuz is hakenkreuzes.

Words near hakenkreuz in the dictionary

  1. hakeds
  2. hakeem
  3. hakeems
  4. hakelike
  5. Haken
  6. hakenkreuz
  7. hakenkreuzes
  8. hakes
  9. Haketia
  10. haketon
  11. haketons

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