Hanseat

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German

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Hanseaten (cookies)

Etymology

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Hanse +‎ -at. The cookies are so called because they are coloured like the Hanseatic flag.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hanzeˈaːt/
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Noun

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Hanseat m (weak, genitive Hanseaten, plural Hanseaten, feminine Hanseatin)

  1. (historical) a Hanseatic merchant
  2. a native or inhabitant of a Hanseatic city
  3. a crisp, flat, round cookie, covered half with white icing and half with reddish icing
    • 2010, Jens Tiedemann, Der Balkon: Umwege aus der Depression, page 141:
      »Wie immer«, meinte Oma und schob ein Glas Limonade neben den Hanseaten, ein Gebäck mit rotweißem Zuckerguss, dass ich allezeit bei ihr zu essen bekommen hatte.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Hanseat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Hanseat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Hanseat” in Duden online