This is the 2282nd most frequent German word.
hans
"Hans" is a common German male given name, equivalent to "John" in English.
'Hans' is used as a proper noun referring to a person going somewhere.
Hans geht zum Markt.
Hans is going to the market.
'Hans' is used as a proper noun representing a character in a story.
Die Geschichte von Hans und Greta ist sehr bekannt.
The story of Hansel and Gretel is very well known.
'Hans' is used colloquially to refer to any ordinary person in an idiomatic expression.