swastika

1. 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

   SynonymsHakenkreuz

   Broaderemblemtetraskelion

   Germany

Other forms of swastika

plural

swastikas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about swastika

What does swastika mean?

swastika means "the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction".

How many syllables are in swastika?

swastika has 3 syllables: swa-sti-ka. The stress falls on "swa". In IPA it is /ˈswɑstɪkə/.

What is another word for swastika?

Close synonyms include Hakenkreuz. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swastika a common word?

swastika is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.