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

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.

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

Estonian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Hans

1. a male given name

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

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
  • → Norwegian: Hans
• → Dutch: 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

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

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.

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.