Hanswurst

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hanswurst.

Noun

Hanswurst (plural Hanswursts)

  1. (theater) A clownlike character popular in German and Austrian plays during the 18th century.
    • 2015, Dorothy Chansky, Ann Folino White, editors, Food and Theatre on the World Stage, Routledge, →ISBN, page 87:
      Hanswurst, on the other hand, gained a specific profile in the early eighteenth century. As he is largely known today, in his brightly colored peasant clothing consisting of the trademark baggy yellow trousers, red suspenders, red jacket,

See also

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Hans +‎ Wurst.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hans‧wurst

Noun

Hanswurst m (strong, genitive Hanswurstes, plural Hanswurste or Hanswürste)

  1. (theater) Hanswurst, zany (clown-like character in German and Austrian plays)
    • 1796, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 4, in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre ‎, volume 1; republished as Thomas Carlyle, transl., 1824:
      Nunmehr konnte mich der Hanswurst, sosehr er mit seinen Absätzen klapperte, nicht unterhalten.
      Henceforth, Jack-pudding, however he might clatter with his heels, could not any longer entertain me.
  2. (by extension, derogatory) fool
    • 1908, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Ecce Homo‎:
      Meine Erfahrungen selbst mit Solchen, an denen Jedermann schlechte Erfahrungen macht, sprechen ohne Ausnahme zu deren Gunsten; ich zähme jeden Bär, ich mache die Hanswürste noch sittsam.
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Declension

Declension of Hanswurst
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hanswurst die Hanswurste, Hanswürste
genitive eines des Hanswurstes der Hanswurste, Hanswürste
dative einem dem Hanswurst, Hanswurste1 den Hanswursten, Hanswürsten
accusative einen den Hanswurst die Hanswurste, Hanswürste

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Hanswurst

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