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Hanswurst
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English
Alternative forms
en Hans Wurst
Etymology
en :bor de:Hanswurst + 1
Noun
en theater A clownlike character popular in German and Austrian plays during the 18th century.
en Dorothy Chansky; Ann Folino White Food and Theatre on the World Stage 2015 Routledge https://books.google.com/books?id=N1XeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA87&dq=%22Hanswurst%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Hanswurst%22&f=false 978-1-317-61802-7 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
de Hans Wurst
Etymology
de :af Hans Wurst
de Hans Wurst.
Pronunciation
de [ˈhansˌvʊʁst] [hansˈvʊʁst] [-vʊɐ̯st]
de De-Hanswurst.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Hans wurst
Noun
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de theatre Hanswurst, zany clown-like character in German and Austrian plays
1 4 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. Thomas Carlyle 1824
de by extension derogatory fool
de 1908 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7202/pg7202.html Ecce Homo Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 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.
Declension
m,es,e:^e
Derived terms
de Hanswursterei
de Hanswurstiade
Descendants
en Hanswurst 1
Further reading
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de eponyms