English
hakenkreuz
Hakenkreuz comes from German Hakenkreuz ‘swastika, fylfot’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentHakenkreuz‘swastika, fylfot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1937hakenkreuz
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentHakenkreuz‘swastika, fylfot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1937hakenkreuz
Earliest quotation: 1937, The Aeroplane: “The big elliptical main hall, quite a beautiful saloon,…”
Every English word from German Hakenkreuz
Today it means
noun The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Hakenkreuz / hakenkreuz