Handel
German, noun
Handel is spelled H-A-N-D-E-L (6 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handel is a German masculine noun meaning “deal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Händel is a different word: “fighting, quarrelling”. In lower case, handel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kauf oder Verkauf von Waren (als Wirtschaftszweig)”.
What does Handel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedeal
- 2
masculinetrade, trading
noun
- 1
obsoletefighting, quarrelling
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kauf oder Verkauf von Waren (als Wirtschaftszweig) 2. Treffen einer geschäftlichen Vereinbarung 3. heftig ausgetragene Kollision von Interessen oder Meinungen; Streit
noun: 1. Streit, Streitigkeiten, wobei das Wort selbst impliziert, dass bei dem Streit Handgreiflichkeiten nicht gänzlich ausgeschlossen sind
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 Handel
- Handels genitive
- Händel plural
- Händeln dative definite plural
- H. abbreviation
- Hdl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Handel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handel in German?
Handel appears 45 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).