Crossword clues for andersen
andersen
- Thumbelina's creator
- Guam Air Force base
- Danish storyteller
- "The Ugly Duckling" writer
- Giant in fairy tales?
- Famous Danish author
- Author of the travelogue "In Sweden"
- Author of "The Ugly Duckling"
- Arthur ___ LLP (disgraced auditing firm)
- Accounting name in the news, 2001
- Accounting firm in 2002 headlines
- "The Ugly Duckling" author
- "Little Claus and Big Claus" writer
- Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical
- Fairy tale figure
- Big name in fairy tales
- See 20-Across
- A Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)
- He wrote "The Ugly Duckling"
- Danny Kaye portrayal
- "The Ugly Ducking" creator
- Hans Christian —, Danish author
- Big name in windows
- "The Little Mermaid" author
Wiktionary
Wikipedia
Andersen is a Danish- Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Anders" (itself derived from the Greek name " Ανδρέας/Andreas", cf. English Andrew). It is the fifth most common surname in Denmark, shared by about 3.2% of the population.
From the same root – the given name Andreas – derives the surname Andreasen (cognate Andreassen) and Andresen .
The numbers of bearers of the surnames Andersen, Andreasen, Andreassen and Andresen in Denmark and Norway (2009):
Andersen
Andreasen
Andreassen
Andresen
source
Denmark
165,871
12,013
2,430
4,508
Statistics Denmark
Norway
38,433
103
12,376
6,581
Statistics Norway
Usage examples of "andersen".
Mondragon volunteered to join Andersen and Cruzet on the search expedition.
Cruzet and Andersen looked hard at each other when they heard the clink of bottles in his bag, but he merely muttered an order for them to carry on as planned and took refuge in his curtained cubicle at the rear of the machine, making no trouble.
They made practice runs along the old beach, and Andersen let Mondragon take the wheel when they set out across the frozen ocean.
He used the sextant, as Andersen had taught him, to get a position that let him add one more black ink-dot to the line of black dots on the blank page that was to be their map.
He heard Andersen calling Hinch and then the whisper of the turbine as they pulled farther from the barrier.
Another kilometer back from the ice wall, Andersen stopped the scout to inspect the reactor and the turbine.
They were still two hundred meters away, but Andersen raised his hand.
He saw Cruzet and Andersen glancing at each other as if to say he was a fool, but he followed Hinch down to the lock.
Cruzet was on watch in the bubble, but Andersen came down from the nose to meet them at the air lock.
Still in their airskins, Andersen and Mondragon went out to look over the edge.
Mondragon crouched away from Andersen, feeling sick with pity and dread.
Following uneasily, Mondragon heard the hum and thud of the opening valve and saw Andersen clamber into it, bareheaded.
That eroded metal barrier showed no damage when he reached it, but Andersen had gone on beyond the ragged gap the blast had tom in the stone.
He watched the track and watched the stars and wondered what Andersen would say of los demonios del hielo.
Climbing down the steps, he found Andersen sitting up on the side of his berth.