freihändig
[ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌhɛndɪç]
The verdict
“freihändig” is uncommon German (frequency #76,791 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,791
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne die Hände zu benutzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-freihandig · freihändig · German
freihändig · rank #76,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,791
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fremdheit
Nearest frequency peer: Fremdheit (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „freihändig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Fotomontage
Fotomontage
23,214 corpus weight
- fragwürdiges
fragwürdiges
23,213 corpus weight
- Frankenhaus…
Frankenhausen
23,212 corpus weight
- freihändig
freihändig
23,210 corpus weight
- Fremdheit
Fremdheit
23,209 corpus weight
- fri
fri
23,208 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „freihändig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | freihändig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌhɛndɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „freihändig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
freihändig is uncommon German at frequency #76,791 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌhɛndɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for freihändig, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is freihändig, spelled F-R-E-I-H-Ä-N-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1ohne die Hände zu benutzen
- 2nur mit den Händen, ohne weitere Hilfsmittel oder Vorlagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how freihändig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Freihändig Rad fahren ist zwar nicht schwierig, aber trotzdem gefährlich.
„Freihändiges Fahren auf der Autobahn ist heute schon mit elektromechanischer Lenkung und Spurhaltesystemen möglich.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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