Hans

See also: hans and HANS

English

Etymology

From German Hans (occasionally used in English), a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæns/, /ˈhænz/, /ˈhɑːns/, /ˈhɑːnz/
• Rhymes: -æns, -ænz, -ɑːns, -ɑːnz
• Homophones: hands, haunts

Proper noun

Hans

1. A male given name from Hebrew.

Anagrams

• HNAs, NASH, Nash, Shan, nash, shan

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Danish

Etymology

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): [ˈhanˀs]

Proper noun

Hans

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (surname): Hansen, Hanssen
• Johannes and its variants

References

• [1] 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɑns/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Hans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

Proper noun

Hans m

1. A diminutive of the male given name Johannes.

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Estonian

Etymology

From German Hans, a medieval short form of Johannes (“John”).

Proper noun

Hans

1. A male given name

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Faroese

Proper noun

Hans m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Hans: Hansson
• daughter of Hans: Hansdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Hans
Accusative	Hans
Dative	Hansi
Genitive	Hans

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German

Alternative forms

• Hannes, Hanns

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)

1. A male given name

Related terms

• (surnames): Hansen, Hanson, Hanssen
• Johannes and its variants

Descendants

• → Danish: Hans
• → Dutch: Hans
• → Norwegian Bokmål: Hans
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Hans
• → Swedish: Hans
• → Czech: Honza
• → Polabian: Åns

See also

• 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

• “Hans” in Duden online
• “Hans” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Icelandic

Proper noun

Hans m

1. A male given name

Declension

declension of Hans

m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Hans
accusative	Hans
dative	Hans
genitive	Hans

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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.

Proper noun

Hans

1. A male given name.
2. Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

Related terms

• (surnames): Hansen, Hanssen
• Johannes and its variants

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] 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.

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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)

1. A male given name.
2. Hansel, the boy in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

Related terms

• (pet form): Hasse
• (surname): Hansson
• Johannes and its variants

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] 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.