hakenkreuz

英 ['hɑ:kən,krɔits] 美
  • n. (德)钩十字(德国纳粹党党徽)

英英释义


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

英文词源


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.)).