Behändigkeit
[bəˈhɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Behändigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit/Veranlagung, Dinge flink und geschickt zu tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-behandigkeit · Behändigkeit · German
Behändigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Behändigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bəˈhɛndɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Behändigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Behändigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bəˈhɛndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fähigkeit/Veranlagung, Dinge flink und geschickt zu tun".
No misspelling variants are generated for Behändigkeit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Behändigkeit, spelled B-E-H-Ä-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Fähigkeit/Veranlagung, Dinge flink und geschickt zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Behändigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alle waren von seiner Behändigkeit überrascht.
„Im Mittelalter war Ringen eine der sieben Behändigkeiten des Rittertums.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.