Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the German Hanse.
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The Hanseatic museum is housed in a carefully-preserved gaard, or store-house and offices of the Hanseatic League of German merchants, who inhabited the German quarter (Tydskenbryggen) and were established here in great strength from 1445 to 1558 (when the Norwegians began to find their presence irksome), and brought much prosperity to the city in that period.
1911, “Bergen”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 3, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 772
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*hansu“crowd, company”
- Old High Germanhansa“troop, company”
- Medieval Latinhanseaticus
- EnglishHanseatic
From Medieval Latin hanseaticus, from hansa, of Germanic origin, from Old High German hansa (“troop, company”), from Proto-West Germanic *hansu (“crowd, company”).
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Catalan hanseàtic
- hanseàticof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Czech hanzovní
- hanzovníof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Danish hanseatisk
- hanseatiskof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Dutch Hanze-
- Hanze-of or pertaining to the German Hanse
Estonian hansa
- hansaof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Finnish hansa-
- hansa-of or pertaining to the German Hanse
French hanséatique
- hanséatiqueof or pertaining to the German Hanse
German hanseatisch, hansisch
- hanseatischof or pertaining to the German Hanse
- hansischof or pertaining to the German Hanse
- Hanse-of or pertaining to the German Hanse
Greek Χανσεατικός
- Χανσεατικός (Chanseatikós)of or pertaining to the German Hanse
Irish Hainseatach
- Hainseatachof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Italian anseatico
- anseaticoof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Norwegian Bokmål hanseatisk
- hanseatiskof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Polish hanzeatycki
- hanzeatyckiof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Portuguese hanseático
- hanseáticoof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Russian ганзе́йский
- ганзе́йский (ganzéjskij)of or pertaining to the German Hanse
Spanish hanseático
- hanseáticoof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Swedish hanseatisk
- hanseatiskof or pertaining to the German Hanse
Welsh Hanseatig
- Hanseatigof or pertaining to the German Hanse
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Cite this entry
Hanseatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanseatic
“Hanseatic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanseatic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hanseatic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hanseatic.
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