Hanseat
German, noun/hanzeˈaːt/
Hanseat is spelled H-A-N-S-E-A-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hanseat is a German masculine noun meaning “a Hanseatic merchant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kaufmann des Handelsbundes Hanse”.
What does Hanseat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea Hanseatic merchant
- 2
masculinea native or inhabitant of a Hanseatic city
- 3
masculinea crisp, flat, round cookie, covered half with white icing and half with reddish icing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kaufmann des Handelsbundes Hanse 2. Bewohner einer Hansestadt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hanseat
- Hanseaten genitive
- Hanseatin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hanseat?
- /hanzeˈaːt/
- [hanzeˈaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hanseat in German?
Hanseat appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).