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hans
"Hans" is a common German male given name, equivalent to "John" in English.
In a sentence
Hans geht zum Markt.
Hans is going to the market.
'Hans' is used as a proper noun referring to a person going somewhere.
Die Geschichte von Hans und Greta ist sehr bekannt.
The story of Hansel and Gretel is very well known.
'Hans' is used as a proper noun representing a character in a story.
Nicht jeder Hans kann die Aufgabe lösen.
Not every Tom, Dick, and Harry can solve the task.
'Hans' is used colloquially to refer to any ordinary person in an idiomatic expression.
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