handfest
German, adjective/ˈhantfɛst/
handfest is spelled H-A-N-D-F-E-S-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handfest is a German adjective meaning “tangible, solid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über Körperkraft verfügend, derb, robust, korpulent”.
What does handfest mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tangible, solid
- 2
handy
- 3
strong
- 4
hand-tight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. über Körperkraft verfügend, derb, robust, korpulent 2. konkret, deutlich, unwiderlegbar, nicht anfechtbar 3. deftig, nahrhaft, herzhaft 4. mit der (bloßen) Hand (ohne dabei Werkzeuge oder andere Hilfsmittel zu verwenden)
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 handfest
- handfester masculine nominative singular
- am handfestesten superlative
- handfeste feminine nominative singular
- handfestes neuter nominative singular
- handfesten genitive masculine singular
- handfestem dative masculine singular
- der handfeste definite includes-article masculine
- die handfeste definite feminine includes-article
- das handfeste definite includes-article neuter
- die handfesten definite includes-article nominative
- des handfesten definite genitive includes-article
- der handfesten definite feminine genitive
- dem handfesten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce handfest?
- /ˈhantfɛst/
- [ˈhantˌfɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to handfest
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is handfest in German?
handfest 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).