Hanse

Meaning

1. (feminine, historical) a guild; a kind of commercial, and sometimes military, confederation of cities in the later Middle Ages; in particular the Hanseatic League of northern Germany
2. (feminine) any similar confederation based first and foremost on commercial interests

Concepts

Hanseatic League

Hansa

Hanse

Hanseatic

Hanseatic league

Synonyms

Gilde

Hansa

hanseatisch

Deutsche Hanse

Düdesche Hanse

hansisch

Translations

Hanze

Hanse

hansa

Lega Anseatica

Lega anseatica

Hansa

Hansa

Liga Hanseática

Liga Hanseática

الرابطة الهانزية

Hansa Birliği

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhanzə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: hanse

Inherited from Old High German: hansa

In summary

From Middle High German hanse (“guild”), from Old High German hansa (“group; community; guild”), from Proto-West Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic *hansō.
The modern specification of these sense follows Middle Low German hanse (“guild; Hanseatic League”), which is itself an early borrowing from Middle High German.