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HANSE

Definitions: HANSE

HANSE

Noun

1. An association; a league or confederacy.

2. That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: HANSE

English words defined with "HANSE": Han sa, Hanch, Hanse towns, Hanseatic, Hanseatic League. (references)
Specialty definitions using "HANSE": Sterling Money. (references)
Non-English Usage: "HANSE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (Hansa, hanse, hanseatic league).

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Commercial Usage: HANSE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Akteure und Gegner der Hanse : zur Prosopographie der Hansezeit (reference)

  • Deutschlands Aufgabe im Osten : die Hanse als Vorbild wirtschaftlicher Zusammenarbeit (reference)

  • Die Hanse (reference)

  • England and the German Hanse, 1157-1611 : A Study of their Trade and Commercial Diplomacy (reference)

  • England, die Hanse und Preussen : Handel und Diplomatie, 1377-1474 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: HANSE

"HANSE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HANSE" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: HANSE

Expression using "HANSE": Hanse towns. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HANSE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hanse

21

hanse yacht

7

311 hanse

4

371 hanse

4

331 hanse

2

hanse tol

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: HANSE

Language Translations for "HANSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

Hanze (Hanseatic League). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

Hanso (Hanseatic League). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hansakaupunki (Hanse town). (various references)

   

German

  

hanse (Hansa, hanseatic league). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ansehay.(various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

hanza (hanseatic league), uvoznina (import duty). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ticaret odası (chamber of commerce), tüccar loncası. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: HANSE

Derivations

Words beginning with "HANSE": hansel, hanseled, hanseling, hanselled, hanselling, hansels, hanses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: HANSE

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ashen.

Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-s"

-1 letter: anes, haen, haes, hens, sane, shea.

-2 letters: ane, ash, ens, hae, has, hen, hes, nae, nah, sae, sea, sen, sha, she.

-3 letters: ae, ah, an, as, eh, en, es, ha, he, na, ne, sh.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-s"
 

+1 letter: ashmen, encash, hances, hansel, hanses, hasten, hausen, havens, hennas, hyenas, naches, shaken, shapen, shaven, snathe, thanes, whenas.

 

+2 letters: achenes, anthems, anthers, astheny, banshee, banshie, chaines, chances, changes, chasten, daphnes, dasheen, enchase, enhalos, ethanes, evanish, gnashed, gnashes, haemins, handles, handsel, handset, hangers, hankers, hankies, hansels, hantles, happens, haptens, hardens, harkens, harness, harshen, hastens, hausens, heavens, hernias, hessian, hetmans, hexanes, hexosan, hoarsen, hyaenas, inhales, inphase, khazens, manches, peahens, pechans, ranches, rehangs, saphena, senhora, shanked, shantey, sharpen, shebang, shebean, sheitan, snashes, snathes, stengah, sthenia, thenars, unleash, vahines, wahines.

 

+3 letters: abhenrys, absinthe, achiness, adhesion, anaphase, anethols, ankushes, antheses, anthesis, archines, archness, ashiness, asthenia, asthenic, banished, banisher, banishes, banshees, banshies, bethanks, blanches, branches, brechans, chalones, chancels, chancres, changers, channels, chanters, chanteys, chanties, charnels, chastens, chazzens, cheapens, chessman, chicanes, cranches, dasheens, deanship, deashing, echidnas, encashed, encashes, enchains, enchants, enchased, enchaser, enchases, enhaloes, enhances, enravish, ensheath, enswathe, enthrals, etchants, ethanols, freshman, gahnites, ganaches, hackneys, hairnets, haleness, halfness, halogens, hambones, hanapers, handiest, handlers, handless, handsels, handsets, handsewn, handsome, hangnest, hanseled, haptenes, hardness, hardnose, harmines, harshens, hastened, hastener, haunches, haunters, hawknose, haziness, headings, headpins, headsman, headsmen, healings, hearings, hearkens, hearsing, heartens, heathens, helmsman, hematins, henbanes, heparins, heptanes, herdsman, hesitant, hessians, hexagons, hexosans, hoarsens, hogmanes, horseman, houseman, humanest, humanise, hyalines, hyponeas, inarches, inearths, inhalers, insheath, inswathe, johannes, khamseen, khanates, launches, leashing, machines, manchets, manholes, menorahs, methanes, nathless, nautches, newshawk, painches, panaches, panoches, panthers, paunches, phaetons, pheasant, phenates, phonates, phytanes, pinheads, planches, ranchers, rashness, raunches, redshank, reshaven, rhamnose, sandshoe, saphenae, senhoras, seraphin, shagreen, shandies, shannies, shanteys, shanties, sharpens, sheafing, shealing, shearing, sheaving, shebangs, shebeans, sheepman, sheitans, shetland, shinleaf, shrapnel, skinhead, snatched, snatcher, snatches, stanched, stancher, stanches, stanhope, stengahs, sthenias, sunbathe, sunshade, swanherd, thanages, thankers, thenages, thespian, tranches, trashmen, uncashed, unchaste, unearths, unlashed, unlashes, unshaded, unshaken, unshamed, unshaped, unshapen, unshared, unshaved, unshaven, unswathe, unwashed, urethans, vanished, vanisher, vanishes, whangees, whatness, wheatens.

 

+4 letters: abashment, abhenries, absinthes, adherends, adherents, adhesions, anaphases, anarchies, anathemas, anchoress, anchorets, anchovies, anetholes, angelfish, anguished, anguishes, anopheles, antherids, anthraces, anywheres, aphanites, aphelions, apishness, archaeans, ashlering, asthenias, asthenics, asthenies, athelings, atheneums, banishers, bechances, beshaming, blanchers, bohemians, boneheads, brashness, camphenes, camphines, canephors, catechins, cathepsin, ceanothus, cenotaphs, cephalins, chaconnes, chanciest, chandlers, chantages, chanteuse, chantries, chaperons, chariness, chasseing, chastened, chastener, chaunters, cheapness, cheongsam, chicaners, craunches, dakerhens, dauphines, deanships, deathsman, deathsmen, deckhands, diaphones, earphones, earthnuts, elephants, encashing, enchasers, enchasing, enhancers, ensheathe, ensheaths, enswathed, enswathes, enthralls, ethicians, ethnarchs, eulachans, eulachons, evanished, evanishes, exanthems, exchanges, exhalants, exhalents, fashioned, fashioner, fisherman, forehands, foreshank, franchise, garnished, garnishee, garnishes, gnathites, habaneras, haciendas, haematins, hailstone, hairiness, hairlines, halazones, halftones, hamminess, handbells, handhelds, handiness, handovers, handpress, handseled, handshake, handsomer, handspike, hangfires, hangnests, hangovers, hankerers, hanseling, hanselled, happiness, harangues, hardeners, hardiness, hardnoses, harkeners, harmonies, harmonise, harnessed, harnesses, harshened, harshness, hasteners, hastening, hastiness, hawknoses, hazelhens, hazelnuts, headbands, headhunts, headiness, headlands, headlines, headnotes, headstand, headstone, headwinds, heaviness, hemateins, hematines, hendiadys, heptagons, herniates, hesitance, hesitancy, hexamines, histamine, hoariness, hoarsened, hoatzines, hogmenays, homelands, hornbeams, horsebean, hosannaed, humanised, humanises, humanizes, humanness, husbanded, husbander, hyalogens, hymeneals, hymnaries, hypopneas, icekhanas, ingathers, inhaulers, insheaths, inswathed, inswathes, jacinthes, kashering, kephalins, khamseens, launchers, loathness, longheads, lunkheads, mainsheet, mechanics, mechanism, mechanist, menarches, menhadens, merchants, methadons, methanols, mischance, mishandle, mishanter, misshapen, naethings, nailheads, narghiles, nargilehs, narthexes, narwhales, natheless, nearshore, neatherds, newshawks, northeast, overhands, overhangs, panchaxes, panfishes, pantheism, pantheist, pantheons, pantyhose, pathogens, penchants, pentarchs, perianths, phalanges, phalanxes, pharynges, pharynxes, phasedown, pheasants, phenazins, planchets, planished, planisher, planishes, prehumans, preshrank, rancheros, rechanges, redshanks, refashion, rehandles, rehardens, rehashing, reshaping, reshaving, revanches, rewashing, rhamnoses, rhamnuses, rhatanies, sandshoes, saphenous, saxophone, schnauzer, searching, selachian, seneschal, senhorita, shadiness, shagreens, shakedown, shakiness, shantymen, sharpened, sharpener, sharpness, shaveling, shealings, shearings, shearling, sheathing, shetlands, shinleafs, shogunate, shrinkage, skinheads, snatchers, snatchier, spinaches, spleuchan, stagehand, stanchers, stanchest, stanhopes, staunched, stauncher, staunches, stonechat, sunbathed, sunbather, sunbathes, sunshades, swanherds, synalepha, tarnished, tarnishes, teachings, thaneship, thankless, thebaines, thespians, thiamines, thiazines, thionates, threatens, unabashed, unashamed, uncharges, unharness, unlatches, unleashed, unleashes, unscathed, unshackle, unshapely, unsheathe, unswathed, unswathes, unteaches, unthreads, unwasheds, urethanes, vanishers, varnished, varnisher, varnishes, verandahs, washerman, washermen, washwomen, wheelsman, xanthates, xantheins, xanthenes, xanthines, xanthones, yachtsmen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HANSE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 4E 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01001110 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#78 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 004E 0053 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4235485339

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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