German "Johnny" (4)

I believe the answer is:

hans

'german johnny' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for hans that I've seen before include "German name" , "'... Christian Andersen, storyteller (4)'" , "-- Christian Andersen, writer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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