Großhandel
[ˈɡʁoːsˌhandl̩]
The verdict
“Großhandel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handel mit Waren in großen Mengen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-handel · Großhandel · German
Großhandel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Großhandel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌhandl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Großhandel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Großhandel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌhandl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handel mit Waren in großen Mengen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Großhandel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Großhandel, spelled G-R-O-S-S-H-A-N-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1Handel mit Waren in großen Mengen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Großhandel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Beschäftigte im Großhandel in der Region Hannover sind am Freitag zum Streik aufgerufen. Der Arbeitskampf wirke sich voraussichtlich auf die Apotheker aus, weil Beschäftigte eines pharmazeutischen Großhandels die Arbeit niederlegen sollten, teilte die Gewerkschaft Verdi in Hannover mit."
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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.