Hans

American  

[hanz, hahns] / hænz, hɑns /

noun

1. a male given name, Germanic form of John.

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Example Sentences

While Eberhard and his younger brother, Hans, enjoyed idyllic years in the sand and surf, their parents and sister tracked ship movements in and out of Pearl Harbor and entertained U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the little boy in Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” blurts out that the emperor is naked, he says what people already knew.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Hans and I are the Lucky Lumleys, indeed. We have been blessed with four children.”

From Literature

There, Smith proclaims herself general of the neighborhood’s Buddy Gang, fearlessly fending off bullies twice her size, while at school, she was viewed as odd by her teachers, “like something out of Hans Christian Andersen.”

From Los Angeles Times

“There is no chance whatsoever that Wilders will be” in the next government,” says Hans Vollaard, associate professor of political science at the Utrecht University School of Governance.

From The Wall Street Journal