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HAKENKREUZ
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I. (noun)
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
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)
