Hans

American  

[hanz, hahns] / hænz, hɑns /

noun

1. a male given name, Germanic form of John.

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Example Sentences

Norwegian priest and missionary Hans Egede set out to reconnect with Greenland and convert whoever was there to Protestantism and found an Inuit community.

From The Wall Street Journal

Between the 1930s and the 1970s, German ethnologist Hans Himmelheber journeyed across Ivory Coast amassing a collection of ritual objects.

From Barron's

Hans Tito Hansen, a Danish security expert and CEO of Risk Intelligence, outlined how a US operation to take Greenland could take place.

From BBC

“Investors are feeling more optimism,” said Hans Humes, chief executive of Greylock Capital Management, an investment fund that owns a range of Venezuelan government bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal

"These findings illuminate how marine ecosystems developed through intense trophic competition and shaped the diversity we see today," added Hans Larsson, co-author of the study and Professor in the Department of Biology.

From Science Daily