Hanswurst
English
Alternative forms
Noun
Hanswurst (plural Hanswursts)
- (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
- Harlequin
- Jack Pudding
- Jean Potage
- Macaroni
- Pickelhering
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhansˌvʊʁst], [hansˈvʊʁst]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Hans‧wurst
Noun
Hanswurst m (strong, genitive Hanswurstes, plural Hanswurste or Hanswürste)
- (theater) Hanswurst, zany (clown-like character in German and Austrian plays)
- 1796, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 4, in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship], 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.
- (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 [masculine, strong]
| 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
- Hanswursterei
- Hanswurstiade
Descendants
- → English: Hanswurst
Further reading
- “Hanswurst” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Hanswurst” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Hanswurst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hanswurst” in Duden online
Hanswurst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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