Johannes
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'''Johannes''' is the Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "[[John (name)|John]]" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek name Ιωαννης (''Ioannes'' / Greek language never writes a "h"-sound in word-internal position), itself derived from the Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' meaning "[[Tetragrammaton|The Lord]] is gracious". Common German variants for Johannes are ''Johann'', ''[[Hans (name)|Hans]]'' (diminutized to ''Hänschen'' or ''Hänsel'', known from "''[[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]''", a [[fairy tale]] by the [[Grimm]] brothers), ''Hannes'', ''[[Jens]]'' (from Danish) and ''[[Jan]]'' (from Dutch). Common English variants for Johannes are ''Johanan'', ''John'', ''Johnny'', and ''Jonny''. In French is Jean, in Spanish Juan, in Portuguese is João, in Catalan is Joan, in Lithuanian - Jonas, in Romanian is Ion and in Italian is Giovanni. ''Seán'' is the [[Irish language|Irish]] or [[Scots Gaelic]] equivalent, sometimes spelled in English as ''Shawn'' or ''Shaun''. In Estonian "Juhan", "Jaan", "Jaanus", "Joonas" and "Hannes" do come from the same root; "Juss" and "Juku" are the familiar names for "Johannes".
==Famous persons named Johannes==
* [[Johannes Kepler]], a 17th century astronomer
* [[Johannes Brahms]], a German romantic composer
* [[Johannes Helms]], a [[Denmark|Danish]] writer and schoolmaster(1828-1895)
* [[Honus Wagner]], a famous baseball player
* [[Jóhannes Jónsson]], Icelandic businessman
* [[Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson]], Icelandic radio and TV show host
* [[Schinderhannes]], a German outlaw
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