Handballspieler
[ˈhantbalˌʃpiːlɐ]
The verdict
“Handballspieler” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sportler, der das Handballspiel ausübt
Corpus desk
Index DE-handballspieler · Handballspieler · German
Handballspieler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Handballspieler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantbalˌʃpiːlɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handballspieler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Handballspieler is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantbalˌʃpiːlɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sportler, der das Handballspiel ausübt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Handballspieler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Handballspieler, spelled H-A-N-D-B-A-L-L-S-P-I-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sportler, der das Handballspiel ausübt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Handballspieler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kostelić ist nach wie vor eine prägende Figur im kroatischen Sport und im alpinen Skizirkus überhaupt. 1979 in Zagreb geboren, wuchs er mit Sport auf: Vater Ante war Handballspieler und Trainer, auch Mutter Marica spielte Handball.“
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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.