Handfeuerwaffe
German, noun[ˈhantˌfɔʏ̯ɐˌvafə]
Handfeuerwaffe is spelled H-A-N-D-F-E-U-E-R-W-A-F-F-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handfeuerwaffe is a German feminine noun meaning “a gun that can be carried and operated using just the hands, like a pistol or a rifle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “tragbare Feuerwaffe, die mit der Hand betätigt werden kann”.
What does Handfeuerwaffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea gun that can be carried and operated using just the hands, like a pistol or a rifle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tragbare Feuerwaffe, die mit der Hand betätigt werden kann
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 Handfeuerwaffe
- Handfeuerwaffen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handfeuerwaffe?
- [ˈhantˌfɔʏ̯ɐˌvafə]
- [hantˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌvafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Handfeuerwaffe in German?
Handfeuerwaffe appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).