Hand anlegen
[hant ˈanˌleːɡŋ̍]
The verdict
“Hand anlegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. 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) - zupacken und mithelfen, etwas angehen und verändern
Corpus desk
Index DE-hand-anlegen · Hand anlegen · German
Hand anlegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Hand anlegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [hant ˈanˌleːɡŋ̍] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hand anlegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hand anlegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [hant ˈanˌleːɡŋ̍]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zupacken und mithelfen, etwas angehen und verändern".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Hand anlegen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Hand anlegen, spelled H-A-N-D- -A-N-L-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1zupacken und mithelfen, etwas angehen und verändern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hand anlegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir wollten mehr tun, wollten Hand anlegen, dort, wo es nötig war. Wir überlegten nicht lange und hatten bald herausgefunden, wo unsere Hilfe wohl am nötigsten sein würde: im Krankenhaus.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.