Handelsgesellschaft
[ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft]
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
- haid
haid
48,618 corpus weight
- Halm
Halm
48,617 corpus weight
- Handelsgese…
Handelsgesellschaft
48,615 corpus weight
- Handflächen
Handflächen
48,614 corpus weight
- handschrift…
handschriftlichen
48,613 corpus weight
- Handwörterb…
Handwörterbuch
48,612 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Handelsgesellschaft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Handelsgesellschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhandl̩sɡəˌzɛlʃaft] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Frequency rank | #51,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Handelsgesellschaft“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Unternehmen, das ein Handelsgewerbe betreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Handelsgesellschaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[…] 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.“
„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.
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