Hand
German, noun/hant/
Hand is spelled H-A-N-D (4 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written German, the 429th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hand is a German feminine noun meaning “hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Greiforgan bei Menschen und Affen”.
What does Hand mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehand
- 2
femininehandwriting
noun
- 1
feminineinformalneuterclipping of Handspiel
Das war Hand!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Greiforgan bei Menschen und Affen 2. Handschrift 3. kurz für Handspiel 4. die in der Hand^([1]) gehaltenen Karten, insbesondere beim Skat: ein Spiel ohne den Skat aufzunehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hand
- Hände plural
- Händchen diminutive neuter
- Händlein diminutive neuter
- Handerl diminutive neuter
- Händen dative definite plural
- Hd. abbreviation
- H. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hand?
- /hant/
- [hɑnd̥]
- [hant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hand in German?
Hand appears 200 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).