Handfunkgerät

[ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt]

/[ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Handfunkgerät” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines Funkgerät, das mit einer Hand gehalten werden kann

Key facts for Handfunkgerät
PropertyValue
HeadwordHandfunkgerät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt]
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Handfunkgerät” sits in German frequency

Handfunkgerät falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Handfunkgerät is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Funkgerät, das mit einer Hand gehalten werden kann".

Handfunkgerät doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Handfunkgerät, spelled H-A-N-D-F-U-N-K-G-E-R-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleines Funkgerät, das mit einer Hand gehalten werden kann

Synonyms

HandsprechfunkgerätWalkie-Talkie

Antonyms

Stationsfunkgerät

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Handfunkgerät"?
"Handfunkgerät" is spelled H-A-N-D-F-U-N-K-G-E-R-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt].
What does "Handfunkgerät" mean?
As a noun, "Handfunkgerät" means: kleines Funkgerät, das mit einer Hand gehalten werden kann
How do you pronounce "Handfunkgerät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Handfunkgerät" is [ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Handfunkgerät" come from?
"Handfunkgerät" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Handfunkgerät”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-A-N-D-F-U-N-K-G-E-R-Ä-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈhantfʊŋkɡəˌʁɛːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list