Swastika
German
editAlternative forms
edit- Svastika (less common)
Etymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक m (svastika).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSwastika f (genitive Swastika, plural Swastikas or Swastiken) or
Swastika m or n (strong, genitive Swastikas or Swastika, plural Swastikas or Swastika)
- swastika (especially one in a non-National Socialist context)
- Synonym: Hakenkreuz
Declension
editDeclension of Swastika [feminine]
Declension of Swastika [masculine // neuter, strong]
Descendants
edit- → Turkish: svastika
Further reading
edit- Swastika on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Swastika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Swastika” in Duden online
- “Swastika” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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- German learned borrowings from Sanskrit
- German terms derived from Sanskrit
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
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