Hans
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhæns/, /ˈhænz/, /ˈhɑːns/, /ˈhɑːnz/
- Rhymes: -æns, -ænz, -ɑːns, -ɑːnz
- Homophones: hands, haunts
Etymology 1
[edit]From German Hans (occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Proper noun
[edit]Hans
- A male given name from Hebrew.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hans (plural Hanses)
- Alternative form of Hanse (“merchant guild”).
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 107 551 males with the given name Hans have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans m
- a diminutive of the male given name Johannes
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Proper noun
[edit]Hans
- a male given name
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics
- son of Hans: Hansson
- daughter of Hans: Hansdóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Hans |
Accusative | Hans |
Dative | Hansi |
Genitive | Hans |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Hans (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Hans | Hansit | |
genitive | Hansin | Hansien | |
partitive | Hansia | Hanseja | |
illative | Hansiin | Hanseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Hans | Hansit | |
accusative | nom. | Hans | Hansit |
gen. | Hansin | ||
genitive | Hansin | Hansien | |
partitive | Hansia | Hanseja | |
inessive | Hansissa | Hanseissa | |
elative | Hansista | Hanseista | |
illative | Hansiin | Hanseihin | |
adessive | Hansilla | Hanseilla | |
ablative | Hansilta | Hanseilta | |
allative | Hansille | Hanseille | |
essive | Hansina | Hanseina | |
translative | Hansiksi | Hanseiksi | |
abessive | Hansitta | Hanseitta | |
instructive | — | Hansein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Hans is the 215th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,590 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,126 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans m (proper noun, strong, genitive Hans' or Hansens, plural Hänse, diminutive Hänschen n or Hänsel n or Hansi n or Hänslein n)
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- Fritz (pet form of Friedrich)
- Hinz (pet form of Hinrich (Heinrich))
- Kunz (pet form of Kunrad (Konrad))
- Lutz (pet form of Ludwig or Ludger)
- Max (short form of Maximilian)
- Petz (pet form of Peter)
Further reading
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A short form of Johannes.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Jack
Declension
[edit]singular | ||
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def. | noun | |
nominative/accusative | där/de | Hans |
dative | dem | Hans |
References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Hans”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português[1] (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 89
Icelandic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans m
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]m-s1 | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
nominative | Hans | |
accusative | Hans | |
dative | Hans | |
genitive | Hans |
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”), from Latin Jōhannēs, Iōhannēs (a variant of Jōannēs, Iōannēs), from New Testament Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yôḥānān) (Yohanan, Yokhanan), (perhaps) from a short form of Hebrew יְהוֹחָנָן (yəhôḥānān), meaning "YHWH is gracious".
First recorded in Norway in the 14th century.
Proper noun
[edit]Hans
- a male given name
- Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 23 372 males with the given name Hans living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the last frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in 1356.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hans c (genitive Hans)
- a male given name
- Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 122 616 males with the given name Hans living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æns
- Rhymes:English/æns/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ænz
- Rhymes:English/ænz/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɑːns
- Rhymes:English/ɑːns/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnz
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnz/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English male given names
- English male given names from Hebrew
- English nouns
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- Danish terms borrowed from German
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑns
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- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch given names
- Dutch male given names
- Dutch diminutives of male given names
- Estonian terms borrowed from German
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- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- Finnish terms derived from German
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑns
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑns/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
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- German 1-syllable words
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- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Hunsrik proper nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns
- Hunsrik given names
- Hunsrik male given names
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
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- Icelandic male given names
- Norwegian terms borrowed from German
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- no:Fairy tales
- Swedish terms borrowed from German
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- Rhymes:Swedish/ɑːns
- Rhymes:Swedish/ɑːns/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
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