Handbesen
[ˈhantˌbeːzn̩]
The verdict
“Handbesen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Besen mit kurzem Stiel
Corpus desk
Index DE-handbesen · Handbesen · German
Handbesen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Handbesen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhantˌbeːzn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handbesen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Handbesen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantˌbeːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Besen mit kurzem Stiel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Handbesen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Handbesen, spelled H-A-N-D-B-E-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleiner Besen mit kurzem Stiel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Handbesen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie kehrte das Laub auf dem Balkon mit dem Handbesen zusammen.
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.