Hans
English
Etymology
From German Hans (occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
Danish
Etymology
From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
- (stressed) IPA(key): [ˈhanˀs]
Dutch
Etymology
From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑns/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Hans
- Rhymes: -ɑns
Estonian
Etymology
From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Faroese
Usage notes
Patronymics
- son of Hans: Hansson
- daughter of Hans: Hansdóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Hans |
Accusative | Hans |
Dative | Hansi |
Genitive | Hans |
German
Etymology
A medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hans/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
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
Descendants
See also
Icelandic
Declension
m-s1 | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
nominative | Hans | |
accusative | Hans | |
dative | Hans | |
genitive | Hans |
Norwegian
Etymology
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.
References
Swedish
Etymology
From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in 1356.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑːns/
Proper noun
Hans c (genitive Hans)
- a male given name
- Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- 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.