Swastika
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Svastika (less common)
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक m (svastika).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Swastika 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 edit
Declension 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