Hanseat
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hanse + -at. The cookies are so called because they are coloured like the Hanseatic flag.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Hanseat m (weak, genitive Hanseaten, plural Hanseaten, feminine Hanseatin)
- (historical) a Hanseatic merchant
- a native or inhabitant of a Hanseatic city
- 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)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hanseat [masculine, weak]