Handball
German, noun/ˈhantbal/
Handball is spelled H-A-N-D-B-A-L-L (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handball is a German masculine noun meaning “handball (Olympic team sport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein aus Leder gefertigter, und mit Luft gefüllter Ball für das Handballspiel”.
What does Handball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehandball (Olympic team sport)
- 2
masculinehandball (the ball used in this sport)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein aus Leder gefertigter, und mit Luft gefüllter Ball für das Handballspiel
noun: 1. Sportart, bei der ein Ball mit der Hand in das gegnerische Tor geworfen werden muss
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 Handball
- Handballes genitive
- Handballs genitive
- Handbälle plural
- Handballe dative singular
- Handbällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handball?
- /ˈhantbal/
- [ˈhantˌbal]
- [ˈhantbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handball
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handball in German?
Handball appears 11 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).