What does "hakenkreuz" mean?

The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol.

What is a synonym for "hakenkreuz"?

Common synonyms include: swastika.

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Noun

1
The swastika that is used as a Nazi symbol. India, capitalized, often
"The big elliptical main hall, quite a beautiful saloon, looked at first sight like a German show, for the hakenkreuzes, or swastikas, on the tails of the German aeroplanes, and a frieze of the same emblem round most of the gallery[…]"
2
the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction wordnet

"Some prefer to call the Nazi swastika the Hakenkreuz, as it was originally called, to avoid defaming Hinduism."

Borrowed from German Hakenkreuz.