Handgelenk
German, noun[ˈhantɡəˌlɛŋk]
Handgelenk is spelled H-A-N-D-G-E-L-E-N-K (10 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handgelenk is a German neuter noun meaning “wrist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dasjenige Gelenk, das Hand und Unterarm verbindet”.
What does Handgelenk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwrist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dasjenige Gelenk, das Hand und Unterarm verbindet
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 Handgelenk
- Handgelenkes genitive
- Handgelenks genitive
- Handgelenke plural
- Handgelenken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Handgelenk?
- [ˈhantɡəˌlɛŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Handgelenk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Handgelenk in German?
Handgelenk appears 4.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).