Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Hermann

Definitions: Hermann

Hermann

Noun

1. 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: Hermann

Synonyms: Armin (n), Arminius (n). (additional references)

Top     

Specialty Definition: Hermann, Missouri

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hermann is a city located in Gasconade County, Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,674. It is the county seat of Gasconade County6.

Geography


Hermann is located at 38°41'57" North, 91°26'21" West (38.699226, -91.439046)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.4 km² (2.5 mi²). 6.0 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 6.88% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 2,674 people, 1,149 households, and 698 families residing in the city. The population density is 448.9/km² (1,161.5/mi²). There are 1,285 housing units at an average density of 215.7/km² (558.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.80% White, 0.22% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.60% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,149 households out of which 27.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% are married couples living together, 9.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.2% are non-families. 36.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 22.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.20 and the average family size is 2.87. In the city the population is spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 26.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 83.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 80.4 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,634, and the median income for a family is $44,621. Males have a median income of $27,426 versus $20,372 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,428. 6.7% of the population and 5.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 7.5% are under the age of 18 and 6.9% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hermann, Missouri."

Top     



.

Crosswords: Hermann

English words defined with "Hermann": Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von HelmholtzEmil Hermann FischerFord Hermann HuefferHaemoscope, 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 GoringPaul Hermann MullerWalther Hermann Nernst. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Hermann": Contests of WartburgOnline MediaReynard the Fox. (references)

Top     

Modern Usage: Hermann

DomainUsage

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)

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

Top     

Commercial Usage: Hermann

DomainTitle

References

  • Krones Aktiengesellschaft Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • C.G. Jung and Hermann Hesse (reference)

  • Hermann Broch, Visionary in Exile: The 2001 Yale Symposium (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture (Unnumbered).) (reference)

  • Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Hermann Vaske's Conversations With the Masters of Advertising (reference)

  • The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse (reference)

  • The Hesse-Mann Letters: The Correspondence of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann, 1910-1955 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Hermann Scherchen in Rehearsal: Bach's Art of the Fugue (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  • Hermann Scherchen Dirige Mozart (reference)

  • Wagner - Die Feen (The Fairies) / Ether Gray, J. Alexander, J. Anderson, Studer, Hermann, Rootering, Orth, Lövaas, Laki, Moll, Helm; Sawallisch (reference)

  • Legendary Voice of Hermann Jad (reference)

  • The Art Of Hermann Abendroth-Volume XVI (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Top     

Image Slideshow: Hermann

Illustrations:
Hermann

More images...

Top     

Photo Album: Hermann

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

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.

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

Top     

Familiar Quotations: Hermann

AuthorQuotation

Hermann Busenbaum

When the end is lawful, the means are also lawful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: Hermann

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Usage Frequency: Hermann

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.04%10332,137
Lexical Verb (base form)0.96%1339,140
                    Total100.00%104N/A

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

Top     

Name Usage Frequency: Hermann

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
HermannLast name3,0004,308
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Derived & Related Names: Hermann

"Hermann" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an army man".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Hermann."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
HermanMaleEnglishN/A
HermanniMaleFinnishHerman
ArmandMaleFrenchHerman
HermineFemaleFrenchHerman
ArminMaleGermanHerman
HermannMaleGermanHerman
HermineFemaleGermanHerman
ArmandoMaleItalianHerman
ErmannoMaleItalianHerman
ArmandoMalePortugueseHerman
ArmandoMaleSpanishHerman
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Usage in Company Names: Hermann

CountryName
Germany

Krones Aktiengesellschaft Hermann Kronseder Maschinenfabrik

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Top     

Cities: Hermann


1. Hermann, MO (city, FIPS 31762)
Location: 38.69908 N, 91.43503 W
Population (1990): 2754 (1243 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Country: USA

Top     

Expressions: Hermann

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.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hermann

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

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.

Top     

Misspellings: Hermann

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).

Top     

Anagrams: Hermann

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.

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

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Hermann


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

48 65 72 6D 61 6E 6E

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

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

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    .    .-.    --    .-    -.    -.

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

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

01001000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#114 &#109 &#97 &#110 &#110

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)

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

42718479678080

Top     

 

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Names: Derived from
13. Names: Company Usage
14. Cities
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Derivations
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.