Hansel

See also: Hänsel and hansel

English

Proper noun

Hansel

1. An Anglicised spelling of the German given name Hänsel. English equivalent: Johnny.
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.

Translations

given name

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 漢舍爾 / 汉舍尔 (hon³ se⁵ ji⁵)

• German: Hänsel (de) m
• Italian: Gianni (it) m
• Russian: Ге́нзель m (Génzelʹ)

fictional character in Hansel and Gretel

• Bulgarian: Хензел (Henzel)
• Finnish: Hannu (fi)
• French: Jeannot (fr) m
• German: Hänsel (de) m
• Greek: Χάνσελ (el) m (Chánsel)
• Hungarian: Jancsi (hu)
• Italian: Hansel m
• Japanese: ヘンゼル (Henzeru)
• Korean: 헨젤 (Henjel)
• Norwegian: Hans (no)
• Polish: Jaś (pl) m
• Portuguese: João (pt) m
• Russian: Ге́нзель m (Génzelʹ)
• Swedish: Hans (sv)
• Turkish: Hansel

See also

• Gretel

Anagrams

• Hanels, Lehans, Leshan, halsen, lanseh