HAKENKREUZ

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

Synonyms:

Hakenkreuz; swastika

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)