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Definitions: Hermann |
HermannNoun1. German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Hermann" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an army man". |
Date "Hermann" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
Synonyms: HermannSynonyms: Armin (n), Arminius (n). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hermann, Missouri."
Crosswords: Hermann |
| English words defined with "Hermann": Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz ♦ Emil Hermann Fischer ♦ Ford Hermann Hueffer ♦ Haemoscope, Hermann Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Hesse, Hermann Joseph Muller, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Hermann Maurice Saxe, Hermann Minkowski, Hermann Snellen, Hermann von Helmholtz, Hermann Wilhaelm Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring ♦ Paul Hermann Muller ♦ Walther Hermann Nernst. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Hermann": Contests of Wartburg ♦ Online Media ♦ Reynard the Fox. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Hermann der Cherusker - Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald (1967) In Deutschland unerwünscht: Hermann Graebe (2000) Hermann Heinzel ou Le point de vue de l'echassier (1999) In Neapel - Anläßlich der 96. Aktion von Hermann Nitsch (1997) Ornithologue Hermann Heinzel (1991) | |
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![]() | Figure 40. Fol bathometer, designed by Hermann Fol who was a collaborator with Prince Albert I of Monaco. This instrument used the same principle as the Erics son sounder. Fol replaced water with mercury in order to determine the depth attained as a function of the quantity of liquid displaced by the pressure. Details concerning tests and effectiveness of this device are unknown.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Jean Hermann / Dessiné par Guérin, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Hermann Boerhaave.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Shepherd in field with sheep, during visit of Hermann Göring and entourage to Greece.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Press room set up in a courthouse basement at Manchester, N.H., during the trial of Hermann N. Sandfer, a physician, who was acquitted on March 9, 1950 of the "mercy killing" of a cancer patient.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Rebel Fleet of Flag of Truce Boats in the Savannah River going down to the Leary & Hermann Livingstone to take off Rebel prisoners.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Mrs. Hermann, residence in Scarsdale, New York. Lamp and wild turkey.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Hermann Scherrer: Breechesmaker, Sporting-Tailor, München. Neuhauserstr. 32 / Ludwig Hohlwein.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Ein neuer Himmel, eine neue Erde : vom Zusammenleben des Menschen und von ihren Hoffnungen : [von] Conrad Contzen, Hermann Schulz.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Wir Kommunisten und das Grundgesetz : Herbert Mies, Hermann Gautier ...Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Hermann Busenbaum | When the end is lawful, the means are also lawful. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Steelcase and Hermann Miller account for 52 percent of the total market supplied by foreign brands. (references) | |
The Michigan firm Hermann Miller revolutionized office design with the open-office concept and it is once again leading change in Argentina with its line of workstations, low partitions, and rounded corners. (references) | ||
Economic History | Burkina Faso | Joseph Ki-Zerbo and (for a while) Hermann Yameogo, son of the first President, challenged Compaore and his government to bring Zongo's murderers to justice and make political reforms. (references) |
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| "Hermann" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.04% of the time. "Hermann" is used about 104 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.04% | 103 | 32,137 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.96% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 104 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Hermann" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hermann | Last name | 3,000 | 4,308 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Hermann" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an army man". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Hermann." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Herman | Male | English | N/A |
| Hermanni | Male | Finnish | Herman |
| Armand | Male | French | Herman |
| Hermine | Female | French | Herman |
| Armin | Male | German | Herman |
| Hermann | Male | German | Herman |
| Hermine | Female | German | Herman |
| Armando | Male | Italian | Herman |
| Ermanno | Male | Italian | Herman |
| Armando | Male | Portuguese | Herman |
| Armando | Male | Spanish | Herman |
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| Country | Name |
| Germany | Krones Aktiengesellschaft Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Hermann, MO (city, FIPS 31762) |
Expressions using "Hermann": Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz ♦ Emil Hermann Fischer ♦ Ford Hermann Hueffer ♦ Hermann Goering ♦ Hermann Goring ♦ Hermann Hesse ♦ Hermann Joseph Muller ♦ Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz ♦ Hermann Maurice Saxe ♦ Hermann Minkowski ♦ Hermann Snellen ♦ Hermann von Helmholtz ♦ Hermann Wilhaelm Goering ♦ Hermann Wilhelm Goring ♦ Paul Hermann Muller ♦ Walther Hermann Nernst. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Hermann": Karl-hermann, Otto-hermann. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
memorial hermann | 230 |
hermann hesse | 127 |
hermann mo | 120 |
hermann goering | 86 |
hermann missouri | 83 |
hermann hospital | 82 |
hermann | 52 |
hermann park | 26 |
hermann hesse siddhartha | 22 |
hermann hospital houston memorial | 19 |
eva hermann | 16 |
hermann hospital houston | 15 |
dolph hermann | 15 |
hermann maier | 15 |
hermann hospital memorial southwest | 14 |
hermann memorial southwest | 13 |
hermann oberth | 12 |
gmeiner hermann | 11 |
hermann hospital memorial system | 11 |
hermann memorial woodlands | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Hermann" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ehman, Ehrmann, Haymann, Hedman, Heereman, Heimann, Hemann, Hermand, Hermanek, Hermanns, Hermans, hermen, Herment, hermin, Hernan, Herrman, Hirwani, Hjermann, Hoemann, Horman, Hormann, Werman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-m-n-n-r" | |
-1 letter: manner. | |
-2 letters: harem, henna, herma, namer, ramen, reman. | |
-3 letters: ahem, amen, earn, haem, haen, hame, hare, harm, hear, herm, hern, mane, mare, mean, name, near, nema, ream, rhea. | |
-4 letters: ane, are, arm, ear, era, ern, hae, ham, hem, hen, her, mae, man, mar, men, nae, nah, nam, nan, rah, ram, ran, rem. | |
-5 letters: ae, ah, am, an, ar, eh, em, en, er, ha, he, hm, ma, me, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-m-n-n-r" | |
+1 letter: ranchmen. | |
+2 letters: anchormen. | |
+3 letters: enharmonic, nonthermal. | |
+4 letters: amaranthine, anchorwomen, chairmanned, chrominance, garnishment, inharmonies, merchanting, merchantman, merchantmen, ninnyhammer, trencherman. | |
+5 letters: arsphenamine, benchmarking, chrominances, enantiomorph, encroachment, enthrallment, garnishments, hymenopteran, longshoreman, ninnyhammers, nitromethane, rehumanizing, transhumance. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 72 6D 61 6E 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-. -- .- -. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r m a n n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 006D 0061 006E 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42718479678080 |
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