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HAKENKREUZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hakenkreuz mean?
• HAKENKREUZ (noun)
The noun HAKENKREUZ has 1 sense:
1. the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction
Familiarity information: HAKENKREUZ used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hakenkreuz; swastika
Hypernyms ("Hakenkreuz" is a kind of...):
tetraskele; tetraskelion (a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center)
allegory; emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)
Domain region:
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; 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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