Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hans gruber

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: han-s -gru-ber
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A villain and an evil mastermind.

Example Sentences

"As I think about this, Van Ert must have knocked over all that Busch intentionally, to flood the place in cheap, amber beer in order to hide the fact he pissed all over the floor. Right? And if that's the case, then hes a criminal mastermind-the Hans Gruber of Marshfield Wisconsin-who, when his original, hasty plan to drink free beer went wrong, consciously spilled the cheapest beer in the freezer so hes not additionally charged as a sex offender or health code violator"
"But deep inside there was a Hans Gruber, who burned pure and brightly for profit and profit alone. A quintessential archetype. A universal constant."

Etymology

From the character of the movie Die Hard.

Inflected Forms

Hans Grubers (plural)

Questions

What does hans gruber mean?: A villain and an evil mastermind.
Where does hans gruber come from?: From the character of the movie Die Hard.

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