Handelsmarine
German, noun/ˈhandəlsmaˌʁiːnə/
Handelsmarine is spelled H-A-N-D-E-L-S-M-A-R-I-N-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handelsmarine is a German feminine noun meaning “merchant navy (civilian naval fleet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller Seeschiffe, die in das Schiffsregister des jeweiligen Staates eingetragen sind und Güter…”.
What does Handelsmarine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemerchant navy (civilian naval fleet)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller Seeschiffe, die in das Schiffsregister des jeweiligen Staates eingetragen sind und Güter oder Personen transportieren
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 Handelsmarine
- Handelsmarinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handelsmarine?
- /ˈhandəlsmaˌʁiːnə/
- [ˈhandl̩smaˌʁiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Handelsmarine in German?
Handelsmarine appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).