Hanswurst
German, noun[ˈhansˌvʊʁst]
Hanswurst is spelled H-A-N-S-W-U-R-S-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hanswurst is a German masculine noun meaning “Hanswurst, zany (clown-like character in German and Austrian plays)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine derb-komische Gestalt der deutschsprachigen Stegreifkomödie seit dem 16. Jahrhundert”.
What does Hanswurst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineHanswurst, zany (clown-like character in German and Austrian plays)
- 2
derogatorymasculinefool
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine derb-komische Gestalt der deutschsprachigen Stegreifkomödie seit dem 16. Jahrhundert 2. eine dümmliche, nicht ernst zu nehmende Person
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 Hanswurst
- Hanswurstes genitive
- Hanswurste plural
- Hanswürste plural
- Hanswursten dative definite plural
- Hanswürsten dative definite plural
- Hans Wurst alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hanswurst?
- [ˈhansˌvʊʁst]
- [hansˈvʊʁst]
- [-vʊɐ̯st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hanswurst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hanswurst in German?
Hanswurst appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).