ˈhäkənˌkrȯits noun
( plural hakenkreu·ze -tsə ; or hakenkreuzes )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: German, from haken hook (from Old High German hācko, hāko ) + kreuz cross, from Old High German krūzi, from Latin cruc-, crux — more at hook , cross
: the swastika used as a symbol of German anti-Semitism or of Germany under Nazi government