Hans
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hans in British English:
UK [hænz]
How to pronounce Hans in American English:
US [hænz]
Word Origin
- Hans
- masc. proper name, a familiar shortening of German and Dutch Johannes (see John). Used figuratively for "a German" or "a Dutchman" from 1560s.
Example
- 1. As far as hans holzer was concerned , his uncle henry had started it .
- 2. 1922 : The gummi bear was invented in bonn , germany by hans riegel .
- 3. Said by : hans scholl german resistance leader , spoken from the guillotine , before his execution in 1943 .
- 4. Han witnesses said groups of uighurs attacked hans , set fire to buses and cars and smashed shop windows .
- 5. One of the most famous authors of fairy tales in the world , hans christian anderson , was born in odense in the 19th century .