Hanseat

German

Hanseaten (cookies)

Etymology

Hanse + -at. The cookies are so called because they are coloured like the Hanseatic flag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hanzeˈaːt/
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Noun

Hanseat m (genitive Hanseaten, plural Hanseaten, female Hanseatin)

  1. (historical) a Hanseatic merchant
  2. a native or inhabitant of a Hanseatic city
  3. 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.

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