Hanseat

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German

Hanseaten (cookies)

Etymology

Hanse +‎ -at. The cookies are so called because they are coloured like the Hanseatic flag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hanzeˈaːt/
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Noun

Hanseat m (weak, genitive Hanseaten, plural Hanseaten, feminine Hanseatin)

  1. (historical) a Hanseatic merchant
  2. a native or inhabitant of a Hanseatic city
  3. a crisp, flat, round cookie, covered half with white icing and half with reddish icing
    • 2010, Jens Tiedemann, Der Balkon: Umwege aus der Depression, page 141:
      »Wie immer«, meinte Oma und schob ein Glas Limonade neben den Hanseaten, ein Gebäck mit rotweißem Zuckerguss, dass ich allezeit bei ihr zu essen bekommen hatte.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

  • Hanseat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Hanseat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Hanseat” in Duden online