Handelsgesellschaft

[ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]

/[ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Handelsgesellschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #51,386 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,386
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unternehmen, das ein Handelsgewerbe betreibt

Corpus desk

Index DE-handelsgesellschaft · Handelsgesellschaft · German

Handelsgesellschaft · rank #51,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,386
  • LEN-MEGA 19 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH Handflächen

Nearest frequency peer: Handflächen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Handelsgesellschaft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Handelsgesellschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Handelsgesellschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordHandelsgesellschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
Letters19
Frequency rank#51,386
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Handelsgesellschaft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Handelsgesellschaftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Handflächen“ (#51,387), „Halm“ (#51,384), „handschriftlichen“ (#51,388). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Handelsgesellschaft“ bei #51,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Handelsgesellschaft is uncommon German at frequency #51,386 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unternehmen, das ein Handelsgewerbe betreibt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Handelsgesellschaft, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Handelsgesellschaft, spelled H-A-N-D-E-L-S-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unternehmen, das ein Handelsgewerbe betreibt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Handelsgesellschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „[…] Es waren vor allem die beiden großen holländischen Handelsgesellschaften mit ihren Schiffsflotten, die Vereinigte Ostindische Kompanie und die Vereinigte Westindische Kompanie, die das Geschäft mit den Sklaven machten und diese über die Ozeane transportierten.“
  2. „So wurde die Grundlage für die Errichtung eines Territorialstaats durch eine Handelsgesellschaft gelegt.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Handelsgesellschaft"?
"Handelsgesellschaft" is spelled H-A-N-D-E-L-S-G-E-S-E-L-L-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft].
What does "Handelsgesellschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Handelsgesellschaft" means: Unternehmen, das ein Handelsgewerbe betreibt
How do you pronounce "Handelsgesellschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Handelsgesellschaft" is [ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Handelsgesellschaft" come from?
"Handelsgesellschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Handelsgesellschaft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 19 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list