Meaning of hakenkreuz | Babel Free

Definitions

The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.

India, capitalized, often

Equivalents

Examples

“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[…]”

“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⟳.”

“Each of the following is a prohibited Nazi symbol: / (a) the Nazi hakenkreuz;[…]”

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