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Totenkopf

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Borrowed from German Totenkopf (literally “dead person's head”).

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf

noun Totenkopfs

  1. A death's head used as a military emblem. The officer who cut off Rachabalizoda’s ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person’s head) previously worn by Nazi SS units.

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@misc{totenkopf_2026,
  title = {Totenkopf},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/totenkopf},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}