hanse
French, noun/ɑ̃s/
hanse is spelled H-A-N-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hanse is a French feminine noun meaning “hanse, medieval merchants’ guild, especially the Hanseatic League (or German Hanse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hanse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehanse, medieval merchants’ guild, especially the Hanseatic League (or German Hanse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Au Moyen Âge, association des marchands d'une région, telle qu'il s'en forma dans les ports et les villes de l'Europe du Nord. 2. La hanse germanique ou teutonique, ou absolument, la Hanse, association de cités marchandes commerçant dans la Baltique et la mer du Nord, du XIIᵉ au XVIᵉsiècle.
noun: 1. Corps d'une épingle avant que la tête y soit mise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hanse
- hanses plural
- Hanse alternative
- Anse alternative archaic
- anse alternative archaic
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃s\ singular plural
- hause
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hanse?
- /ɑ̃s/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hanse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hanse in French?
hanse appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).