Handballspiel
German, noun[ˈhantbalˌʃpiːl]
Handballspiel is spelled H-A-N-D-B-A-L-L-S-P-I-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handballspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “handball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sportart, bei der ein Ball mit der Hand in das gegnerische Tor geworfen werden muss”.
What does Handballspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhandball
- 2
neuterhandball match, handball game
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sportart, bei der ein Ball mit der Hand in das gegnerische Tor geworfen werden muss 2. sportliche Auseinandersetzung in der Sportart Handball
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 Handballspiel
- Handballspieles genitive
- Handballspiels genitive
- Handballspiele plural
- Handballspielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handballspiel?
- [ˈhantbalˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Handballspiel in German?
Handballspiel appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).