Händeschütteln
German, noun[ˈhɛndəˌʃʏtl̩n]
Händeschütteln is spelled H-Ä-N-D-E-S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-L-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Händeschütteln is a German neuter noun meaning “handshaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlung, sich gegenseitig an den Händen zu fassen und sie zu schütteln (auf und ab zu bewegen)”.
What does Händeschütteln mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhandshaking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, sich gegenseitig an den Händen zu fassen und sie zu schütteln (auf und ab zu bewegen)
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 Händeschütteln
- Händeschüttelns genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Händeschütteln?
- [ˈhɛndəˌʃʏtl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Händeschütteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Händeschütteln in German?
Händeschütteln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).